After testing positive for ADHD drug, Fernando Verdasco, a former top- 10 professional tennis player, freely agreed to a two- month provisional doping penalty, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Wednesday.
Verdasco gets a two-month doping punishment
Verdasco, who turned 39 last month, claimed he was taking methylphenidate as directed by his croaker
to treat ADHD but had forgotten to renew his impunity for the medicine’s remedial operation. According to the integrity organisation, Verdasco has lately entered an impunity from the WorldAnti-Doping Agency. In February, he gave a positive test at an ATP Challenger competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
What could have been a two- time suspense was rather reduced to two months after the integrity agency stated in a news release that it” accepts that the player didn’t intend to cheat, that his violation was unintentional and unintentional, and that he bears no significant fault or negligence for it.” On January 8, Verdasco will be good to contend.
The Spaniard has advanced to the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event four times, most lately in 2013 at Wimbledon, where he lost to eventual champion Andy Murray in five sets after blowing a two- set lead. Verdasco is now rankedNo. 125 after reaching a career-high position ofNo. 7 in April 2009.
His best Grand Slam performance came in 2009, when he competed in the Australian Open and advanced to the quarterfinals before losing in five sets to fellow countryman and eventual champion Rafael Nadal.
His finest Grand Slam showing came in 2009 when he reached the Australian Open quarterfinals before falling to fellow countryman and eventual champion Rafael Nadal in five sets.
One of the stylish Grand Slam semifinals in history was the factual match, according to numerous. Verdasco also made it to the quarterfinals at the US Open doubly, in 2009 and 2010, losing to Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, independently. The ultimate player went on to win the event. Verdasco also made it to the quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Crowns formerly in 2013, where he’d a two sets to love lead over eventual champion Andy Murray before falling in five sets.