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“SHE IS A GREAT PLAYER, AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HER. SHE PAID FOR HER MISTAKES. SHE CAN RETURN TO PLAY BUT WITHOUT ANY WILD CARDS, WITHOUT ANY HELP.”

Tennis player Roberta Vinci, who will face Maria Sharapova in a first- round match Wednesday in Stuttgart, Germany, saying she didn’t agree with organizers giving Sharapova, coming off a drug suspension, free passage into the draw.

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