FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Mubadala World Tennis Championship - Abu Dhabi International Tennis Complex, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - December 19, 2019 Russia's Maria Sharapova after her match against Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Former world number one Maria Sharapova will be awarded a world card to play in this month's Australian Open, the organisers of the year's first Grand Slam said on Wednesday.
The 32-year-old Russian is currently ranked 147th in the world after a season in which a long-standing shoulder injury restricted her to eight tournaments.
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