*Sharapova: Suspension only fueled passion for game*
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova says her 15-month doping ban has only fueled her passion for tennis.
The former world No 1 from Russia, preparing to play at Stanford next week in her first WTA tournament in the United States since her suspension ended, wrote on the Players' Tribune website of the roller-coaster of emotions she has experienced since returning in April from her suspension for the use of meldonium.
"Though these last two years have been tougher - so much tougher - than I ever could have anticipated ... My passion for the game has never wavered," Sharapova wrote.
"If anything, it's only grown stronger."
Stanford tournament officials gave the 30-year-old Sharapova a wildcard entry as she gets set to compete in the tournament for the first time six years.
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