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[caption id="attachment_33764" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Sharapova returned to the court after 15 months ban on Wednesday. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Former Wimbledon finalist from Canada, Eugenie Bouchard has called Maria Sharapova a cheater after the tennis star returned from a 15-month doping suspension for using a banned medicine named meldonium. The five-time Grand Slam champion has already been criticized by several other tennis players because she has been given wild-card entries to some tournaments. "I don't think that's right," Bouchard, who is now ranked 59th and is competing at the Istanbul Cup this week, told Turkish broadcaster TRT World. "She is a cheater and so to me, I don't think a cheater in any sport should be allowed to play that sport again. It's so unfair to all the other players who do it the right way and are true." The French Open is considering an invitation for the two-time champion as well. Some players argue that Sharapova should work her way back up the rankings by competing in lower-tier events and through qualifying for the bigger tournaments. Bouchard went a step further, and even criticized the women's tour for allowing her back. "I think from the WTA it sends the wrong message to young kids: 'Cheat and we will welcome you back with open arms.' I don't think that's right and definitely she is not someone I can say I look up to anymore," the Canadian said last week. WTA CEO Steve Simon, speaking to German broadcaster ZDF over the weekend before Bouchard's comments became available, said Sharapova had "served her suspension." "I don't think a suspension should wipe out the career's worth of work," Simon said. After beating Roberta Vinci in Stuttgart, Sharapova said she doesn't feel hurt by fellow players speaking out against the conditions of her comeback. "I can't control what people say and I never have," the Russian said. "The only thing I can control is what I do out there and those are my words. I'm always prepared to walk the walk and I have and I've done that by winning five Grand Slams and being No. 1 in the world."