British player Evans tests positive for cocaine


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 24 Jun 2017

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - France v Great Britain - Davis Cup Quarter Final - Kindarena, Rouen, France - 7/4/17 Great Britain's Dan Evans during his Quarter Final match against France's Jeremy Chardy Reuters / Gonzalo Fuentes

LONDON (Reuters) - British player Dan Evans has been provisionally suspended after admitting on Friday that he had failed a doping test for cocaine at the Barcelona Open in April.

The world number 50, who reached his first ATP Tour final this year in Sydney and has played for Britain in the Davis Cup, released a statement at a news conference in London.

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