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Nick Kyrgios accepts one month tennis ban after positive cocaine test

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The Independent UK · Sep 4

Nick Kyrgios Faced a Three-Month Ban for Cocaine: Here's Why It Was Cut to Just One

Nick Kyrgios' suspension for cocaine use was reduced to one month after completing a treatment programme, highlighting the distinction between recreational and performance-enhancing drug use in tennis.

International Business Times UK · Sep 4

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios handed one-month ban following positive cocaine test

Kyrgios has entered a treatment programme and will forfeit his €6,570 prize money and ranking points from the ATP Tour event in Mallorca where he tested positive for the drug.

Euronews · Sep 4

Nick Kyrgios suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine

The former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has been suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaine

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19

Nick Kyrgios fails drugs test for cocaine: ‘I made a huge mistake’

The Australian tennis player has been provisionally suspended by the ITIA.

The Independent UK · Aug 19

French tennis player sees match-fixing ban extended to three years after appeal

French player Samuel Bensoussan appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport but wound up with a longer ban

The Independent UK · Jul 15

Coco Gauff reveals she was brought to tears by anti-doping tester as tennis stars slam ‘broken’ system

Marketa Vondrousova was recently handed a four-year ban for refusing a doping test

The Independent UK · Jun 30

Serena Williams criticises ‘unprofessional’ anti-doping rules before Wimbledon return: ‘I hate it’

Williams, 44, said providing anti-doping officers with a daily one-hour testing window during her comeback was ‘gruelling’; the ITIA issued a response claying their whereabouts rules have not ‘changed’

The Independent UK · Jun 28

Tomljanovic accuses anti-doping chiefs of being out to get players after Vondrousova ban

Ajla Tomljanovic has described the lengthy doping ban administered to Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon singles champion, as a disgrace

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23

Banned Tennis player Vondrousova insists she has 'never doped'

Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova insisted she "never doped" after an anti-doping watchdog had banned her from tennis for four years on Monday. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) blames the 26-year-old Czech for failing to open the door to an anti-doping officer in December 2025.

The Economic Times · Jun 23