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it seems contradictory to the under the bus throwing hypothesis that she would then be afforded the high level of control over the story that she has so far
I don't think Maria Yuryevna has been thrown under the ЛиАЗ-5292, I was making a wider point about Russians in trouble from which she is probably an exception for several reasons. For a start, the tennis business probably needs her more than she needs them (I was slightly surprised to discover that she's even still playing, I thought she'd gone full-time celebrity model), which would explain why they are keen for her to get a story out there which will make it easy for them to give her a nice short suspension - drug prescribed by her doctor for a medical condition...recent changes to proscribed list...honest oversight...did I mention she's pretty and white and please can we have our poster girl back in the competition?
If Sharapova has been thrown under a bus, and I'm not saying either way, then it does seem to be a very small bus. More like having a large toy bus thrown at her head than being run over by the Number 10 as it trundles along Warwick Gardens.
While not impossible, it seems contradictory to the under the bus throwing hypothesis that she would then be afforded the high level of control over the story that she has so far.