Former top-10 participant Fernando Verdasco has been given a two-month doping ban.
The Spaniard accepted the sanction following a constructive take a look at for the ADHD remedy methylphenidate at a second-tier Challenger occasion in February having forgotten to resume a Therapeutic Use Exemption.
A press release from the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Wednesday mentioned: “The ITIA accepts that the player did not intend to cheat, that his violation was inadvertent and unintentional, and that he bears No Significant Fault or Negligence for it.”
Verdasco, who has been granted a brand new TUE for the remedy, will serve a suspension till January 8.
The 39-year-old was ranked as excessive as seventh on this planet in 2009 however is now down at 125.
