MOSCOW: Maria Sharapova may not play again after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, the president of the Russian tennis federation was quoted as saying on Thursday.
Shamil Tarpishchev told the R-Sport news agency that Sharapova’s situation was “bad”.
The five-time grand slam champion faces a possible ban of up to four years for failing a drugs test at the Australian Open in January.
British media reported that she had been due to attend an International Tennis Federation (ITF) anti-doping hearing in London on Wednesday.
There has been no subsequent comment by the ITF. Sharapova stunned the world in March when she said she had returned a positive test for the Latvian-made heart medication which was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) banned list from January 1.
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