Tennis-Swiatek accepts one-month suspension after failing doping test, says ITIA


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 28 Nov 2024

Tennis - Billie Jean King Cup Finals - Semi Final - Poland v Italy - Palacio de Deportes Jose Maria Martin Carpena Arena, Malaga, Spain - November 18, 2024 Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts during her match against Italy's Jasmine Paolini REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo

(Reuters) -World number two and five-times Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Thursday.

Swiatek tested positive in an out-of-competition sample in August but the ITIA, which runs tennis's anti-doping programme, accepted that it was caused by contamination of her medication melatonin, which was manufactured and sold over the counter in her native Poland.

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