Sharapova set for Madrid exhibition

Suspended five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova will face French Open winner Garbine Muguruza on a half clay, half grass exhibition in Madrid on Dec 2.

Sharapova is not free to compete on the WTA Tour until at least April 2017 despite having a doping ban for meldonium cut from 24 months to 15 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier this month.

The Russian made her return to the court for the first time since receiving the ban for testing positive at the Australian Open in January in a light-hearted exhibition featuring Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe in aid of the Elton John AIDS Foundation in Las Vegas last week.