Tennis-Czech Vondrousova appeals to CAS over four-year doping ban

Tennis-Czech Vondrousova appeals to CAS over four-year doping ban

The Star Online - Sport·2026-08-25 19:01

Aug 25 (Reuters) - Former ⁠Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has appealed to the ⁠Court of Arbitration for Sport against her four-year ‌ban for missing a doping test last year, the sport's highest judicial body said.

Vondrousova was issued the suspension in June after the ​International Tennis Integrity Agency said the ⁠Czech did not submit ⁠her sample when notified by a doping control officer in ⁠an ‌out-of-competition test attempt at her home in December.

The 27-year-old said in April she had "reached a ⁠breaking point after months of physical and mental ​stress" and ‌added that an officer arriving at 8:15 p.m. ⁠demanding an ​immediate test felt like a serious intrusion into her privacy.

Vondrousova has said she never doped, and a test taken three ⁠days after the December 3 incident ​came back negative.

CAS on Tuesday confirmed the receipt of the appeal and said a hearing had not yet been ⁠scheduled. Vondrousova's ban ends on June 21, 2030, when she will be 30.

The former world number six has not played since skipping the Adelaide International in January ​due to a shoulder injury and ⁠has dropped to world number 153.

She won the 2023 ​Wimbledon title, having previously made the ‌French Open final in 2019 ​and bagged a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru)

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