Yahoo Sports reports: Defending Queen’s champion Tatjana Maria said she was surprised not to receive a wild card into this year’s HSBC Championships main draw, forcing her to come through qualifying. The German secured her place in the draw by defeating Britain’s Lily Miyazaki and then Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova in qualifying on Sunday after not being awarded a singles wild card by tournament organisers. Maria returned to west London as defending champion after winning the inaugural women’s event at Queen’s last year