Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, December 23, 2024
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The 2024 season is a season that brought Grand Slam glory and a major scandal. max purcell.
US Open doubles champion Purcell has been placed on voluntary interim suspension under the Tennis Anti-Doping Program, the ITIA announced today.
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The 26-year-old Australian, currently ranked 12th in doubles, admitted breaching Article 2.2 of the TADP relating to the use of a prohibited method and requested an interim suspension on December 10, 2024.
ITIA said in a statement that the suspension began on December 12, 2024, and that time served under the temporary suspension will be reflected in future sanctions.
During the period of the temporary suspension, Purcell is prohibited from playing, coaching or attending tennis events sanctioned or endorsed by members of the ITIA (ATP, ITF, WTA, Tennis Australia, Fédération Française de Tennis, Wimbledon and USTA). National Association.
ITIA did not specify which substances Purcell admitted to using.
In an Instagram post, Purcell said the IV vitamin infusion put her “over the acceptable limit.”
Purcell and compatriot Jordan Thompson won the US Open doubles title just months after falling in the Wimbledon doubles final.
