Monday, May 11, 2009

Gasquet suspended after drug test


France's Richard Gasquet who is ranked 23rd in the world and was a former semifinalist at Wimbledon has been temporarily suspended after testing positive at March's Sony Ericsson Open for cocaine.

The Frenchman could get a two-year ban from the sport if proved guilty, after he submitted a test which showed no trace of cocaine in his hair sample, but a traces of the drug was found in his urine sample.

ITF spokesman Neil Robinson said an anti-doping tribunal within 60 days to hear the case.

Gasquet said: "I want to prove my innocence and will explain myself at an appropriate time."

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