Petra Kvitova calls Maria Sharapova’s failed doping test a ‘huge mistake’ as players react
WTA players rocked by Russian’s admission that she had failed a drug test waiting to see what sanction the superstar will face
WTA players rocked by Maria Sharapova’s admission that she had failed a drug test are now waiting to see what sanction the Russian superstar will face.
We should all know what we are putting into our body. It was a huge mistake and she is taking responsibility for it
Sharapova’s positive test for meldonium was the talk of the locker room as the hardcourt tournament at Indian Wells got underway on Wednesday.
Radwanska said she was in the locker room in Indian Wells with a group of WTA players getting ready train for this week’s tournament in southern California when she heard the news on Monday.
“It is a sad day for tennis,” she said on Wednesday. “Nobody expected that. We are all waiting to see what they are going to do about it.”
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Czech Kvitova said Sharapova has made a “huge mistake” by not paying more attention to what drugs are on the banned list.
“We should all know what we are putting into our body,” she said. “It was a huge mistake and she is taking responsibility for it.”