Maria Sharapova won the first match after disqualification
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova won her first match after being banned for using meldonium. In the first round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, she beat Italian tennis player Roberta Vinci 7:5, 6:3. Maria Sharapova was disqualified after she publicly admitted in March 2016 that she was taking meldonium, a drug that has been banned since January 1, 2016. According to Sharapova, she did not know about this, although a notification was sent to her.