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12/3/09 8:26 AM | Johan Lindahl
The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) appears ready to take revenge against Belgian players Xavier Malisse and women's US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer.
The pair was caught three times for failing to report their daily locations so that testers could find them.
2002 Wimbledon semifinalist Malisse, aged 29 and ranked 91st, has said that the draconian punishment is much too harsh. Should his ban stand, it would likely mean the end of his career.
WADA appears to be acting after lawyers for the players predictably filed appeals with the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
"We're going to appeal because we still don't have all the elements which will allow us to decide whether a sanction of one year is appropriate," said WADA legal director Olivier Niggli.
"The scale of sanctions (under the world anti-doping Code) is between one and two years. To drop down from two to one year there have to be justifiable elements."
He added that WADA will meet with the Flemish officials who banned the pair last month to talk strategy at increasing the punishment on the pair. Players have been required to report their intended whereabouts in three-month blocks to anti-drug watchdogs and face the music if they miss surprise visits by testers.
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I read somewhere (I can't remember where) that the testers showed up at Serena's home in the off season to test her. She refused and got away with refusing. Is there anyway to confirm or refute this? If she did, I would like to know why she was not treated like Malisse and Wickmeyer
Tenten , 12/3/09 11:01 PM