5-Time Tennis Grand Slam Champion Accepts Suspension In Doping Case

LOADING ERROR LOADING Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. I didn’t know what was going to happen with my career, how things would end or if I would be allowed to play tennis at all.” This is the second recent high-profile doping case in tennis: The top-ranked man, Jannik Sinner, failed two tests for a steroid in March and was cleared in August, right before the start of the U.S. Open, which he went on to win for his second Grand Slam title of the season. She said she’s been using melatonin “for a long time,” adding that “all my traveling, jet lag and work-related stress mean that sometimes without it, I couldn’t fall asleep.” She already was provisionally suspended from Sept. 22 to Oct. 4, missing three tournaments during the post-U.S. Open hard-court swing in Asia — the Korea Open, the China Open and the Wuhan Open. “I can start my new season with a clean slate, focused on what I’ve always done — simply playing tennis,” said Swiatek, who hired Wim Fissette as her coach in October.