Sharapova circus returns to town

After an easy ride over doping, the €300m brand gets back in gear

Maria Sharapova: if she wanted to hang onto a shred of credibility, there were issues she needed to address after failing that drug testGetty

There’s a breed of sucker out there who won’t take no for an answer. Chewed up, spat out, they still come back begging for more. A large party of them gathered in Stuttgart on Wednesday. As for their target, she made her way onto the court at the Porsche Grand Prix; 21 games later, she made her way back off it after an impressive victory, and then it was on to the press ...