Tennis-Poland's Majchrzak says he failed drug test

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 20, 2022 Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in action during his second round match against Australia's Alex de Minaur REUTERS/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

(Reuters) - Poland's Kamil Majchrzak said he had failed a drug test, adding that he did not knowingly take a banned substance and that the news came as "the biggest shock."

The 77th-ranked Majchrzak, who won the Challenger Tour event in Busan, South Korea in October and reached the semi-finals of an ATP 250 event in Pune, India earlier this year, did not provide further details about the banned substance.