Sharapova may start playing from January 2017 - tennis federation head

RIO DE JANEIRO. KAZINFORM - Russian woman tennis player Maria Sharapova, disqualified for two years for violating anti-doping rules, may start competing again as of January 2017, the president of Russia's tennis federation, Shamil Tarpishchev has told the media.

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"A decision will be made in September. I'm not certain but I believe that she'll start playing as of January 2017," Tarpishchev said.

Kazinform refers to TASS