2023-07-06 21:00:31
Jenson Brooksbyone of the great promises of American tennis, has acknowledged that he was provisionally suspended for evade three anti-doping tests in a period of one year, an accusation that the player denies.
The Californian, of 22 yearssaid that he accepted the suspension decreed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency but he hopes to defend himself against these charges when his case is heard by a court of arbitration.
«I have never failed a doping control. I have never taken substances that were not allowed for me,” said the American in a statement on his Twitter account. Instagram. «The provisional suspension is not an admission that I have done something wrong. On the contrary, I have denied this accusation and am awaiting arbitration with an independent tribunal,” he stated.
Under the anti-doping regulationstennis players can be punished without having to give a positive test if they do not appear for three tests during a year, the so-called “localization faults”.
The players are required to regularly inform anti-doping authorities of their whereabouts so that the test can be applied. A year ago, Brooksby came to occupy 33rd place in the ranking of the ATP but physical problems led him to fall in recent months to the current 101st.
Not competing from Australia
The Californian, who has not competed since the Australian Open At the beginning of the year, his progression was slowed down by tendon problems in both wrists for which he underwent surgery in March. In his statement, Brooksby assures that since these surgeries he has undergone three anti-doping controls.
Regarding the tests to which he supposedly did not appear, the tennis player assures that in one of them, which occurred in June 2022, was at the hotel in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands) where he had stated that he would be. “I am looking forward to providing all the evidence and explaining what happened to an independent arbitration panel,” she stressed.
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