LONDON — Two-time Grand Slam champion Lleyton Hewitt has been suspended for 2 weeks for pushing an anti-doping official.
The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company stated Wednesday that the sanction might be in impact from Sept. 25 till Oct. 7, in order to not be “unduly punitive” on Hewitt by affecting his Davis Cup schedule.
The incident occurred in November after Hewitt, Australia’s captain, pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone following his workforce’s semifinal loss to Italy.
Hewitt denied the cost — which was introduced after a overview of video proof, witness statements and interviews — pleading self-defense.
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The ITIA referred the case to an unbiased tribunal, which upheld the cost of offensive conduct, stating that Hewitt’s actions “didn’t meet the necessities of self-defense” and that his conduct was “not cheap and proportionate.”
The 44-year-old Hewitt, a former No. 1-ranked males’s tennis participant, was additionally fined round $20,000.
Hewitt might be unable to participate in all tennis-related actions in the course of the suspension, together with teaching, mentoring, enjoying and captaincy.
Australia performs Belgium on Sept. 13-14 in Sydney, with a spot within the final eight of the Davis Cup Finals on the road.
Hewitt, who received the US Open in 2001 and Wimbledon the next yr, has the fitting to attraction.
