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In the first match after a 15-month disqualification for the use of Meldonium Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova will play with a 35-th racket of the world Roberta Vinci from Italy

In the first round of the Stuttgart tournament, Maria Sharapova will play with a 35-th racket of the world Italian Roberta Vinci. These are the results of a meeting held on Saturday the draw. The match between Sharapova and Vinci, who will become the next first after a 15-month disqualification for the use of Meldonium, will be held on Wednesday, April 26.

Vinci, the winner of ten WTA tournaments . Six titles she won on clay, which will be held competitions in Stuttgart. “Roland Garros,” Vinci never beyond the fourth round is not reached. Her highest achievement in the tournament “Grand slam” final of the US Open in 2015 in which she lost to her compatriot Flavia Pennetta.

In the second round the winner of the match between Sharapova and Vinci will play either Russian Ekaterina Makarova or with the eighth racket of the world Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland. Earlier, Sharapova is the Ambassador the main sponsor of the tournament in Stuttgart, have won three Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in 2012, 2013 and 2014.