Martina Navratilova defends Maria Sharapova, says players need to lay off the Russian Sports Reuters May, 12 2017 16:58:57 IST https://t.co/KfJaM38pYS Former world number one Martina Navratilova has urged players to stop focusing on Maria Sharapova after the Russian's recent return from a 15-month doping ban. Sharapova's comeback has garnered widespread interest with current and former players offering their opinions on the 30-year-old, including men's number one Andy Murray and Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, who labelled the Russian "a cheater". Bouchard beat Sharapova in the second round of the Madrid Open on Monday, saying that she felt partly inspired to win the match against the five-times major champion after receiving private messages of support from "people in the tennis world". "I think it's time for the players to lay off Maria. She made a huge mistake, paid dearly for it, 'done the time' and now let's play ball," Navratilova, who won 18 grand slams during a glittering career, tweeted on her verified account. Recently, men's world number one Andy Murray had said that the level of media coverage surrounding Sharapova's return to tennis from a doping suspension has been a key factor in the five-time grand slam winner being offered wildcards to events, The Times reported this week that Sharapova would be awarded a wildcard by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to play at next month's Aegon Classic in Birmingham. Sharapova's current ranking of 258, after a return from a 15-month doping suspension, was too low to merit a direct entry for the event and the organisers were looking to give her one of the four available wildcards, the report said. Published Date: May 12, 2017 04:58 pm | Updated Date: May 12, 2017 04:58 pm -- 大意是 老娜在自己的推特上發推 https://twitter.com/Martina/status/862041889675116545 說大家要把焦點離開莎娃。 莎娃犯錯、付出代價， 也服"刑"了。 大家打球吧 其實老娜也不是完全挺莎娃啦 她在那則推文後的回推裡面多少透露出她的看法 ps. 但她最近一直在關注川普和他的團隊XD --

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