After more than four months of forced rest in Brisbane, Marija Sarapova, a former Russian tennis player, returns next week.
Organizers of the race said on Tuesday that they had given a free card to the 32-year-old star, who had taken a break between February and June due to a shoulder injury and returned, but had not been able to compete since late August.
"When I was younger, I wouldn't have thought I'd be competing over 30. But the fire is still burning inside me, and I hope my shoulder will allow me to be among the best for a while," she said between 2004 and 2014. winners of five Grand Slam tournaments, currently ranked 133rd in the world rankings.
(Source: sportrajongo.hu, m4sport, mti / Photo: pixabay)