MELBOURNE, Australia — Two-time Grand Slam profitable doubles participant Max Purcell has entered a voluntary provisional suspension beneath tennis’ anti-doping guidelines.
The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company introduced the sanction in an announcement on Monday after the 26-year-old Australian admitted to violating Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program “referring to using a Prohibited Technique”.
Purcell posted an announcement on Instagram saying he had “unknowingly obtained an IV infusion of nutritional vitamins above the allowable restrict of 100 ml.”
Purcell stated he had informed the medical clinic that the infusion wanted to be under 100 ml as a result of he was knowledgeable athlete, however that the medical data he obtained again confirmed that the IV had been above that stage.
“This information was devastating to me as a result of I pleasure myself on being an athlete who at all times makes positive that the whole lot is WADA protected,” Purcell wrote. “I volunteered this info to the ITIA and have been as clear as potential in making an attempt to place this complete scenario behind me.”
The ITIA stated the suspension got here into impact on 12 Dec., and time served beneath provisional suspension can be credited in opposition to any future sanction. The size of time of the voluntary suspension was not specified by the ITIA.
“Through the provisional suspension, Purcell is prohibited from enjoying in, teaching at, or attending any tennis occasion licensed or sanctioned by the members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA) or any nationwide affiliation,” the ITIA assertion learn.
Purcell, with compatriot Jordan Thompson, gained the U.S. Open in September and gained Wimbledon with one other Australian, Matthew Ebden, in 2022. He’s at the moment ranked No. 12 in doubles.
He additionally completed as a runner-up within the Australian Open doubles remaining twice, in 2020 and 2022.
Purcell, ranked No. 105 in singles, was not listed on the Australian Open entry lists launched earlier this month and didn’t obtain a wildcard or characteristic on the qualifying entries.
The ITIA didn’t say whether or not Purcell’s absence from the draw of the match beginning Jan. 12. was as a result of sanction.
The newest doping violation in tennis comes simply weeks after five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing constructive for the banned substance trimetazidine.
Prime-ranked males’s participant Jannik Sinner, winner of two Grand Slams this 12 months, was exonerated by the ITIA after twice testing constructive for a hint quantity of an anabolic steroid in March with the World Anti-Doping Company interesting the ruling.
