{"id":7098,"date":"2013-07-26T00:24:55","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T00:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/tennis-troicki-gets-18-month-doping-ban\/"},"modified":"2013-07-26T00:24:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T00:24:55","slug":"tennis-troicki-gets-18-month-doping-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/tennis-troicki-gets-18-month-doping-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis: Troicki gets 18-month doping ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, a former world number 12 and a Davis Cup winner in 2010, was banned for 18 months on Thursday for flouting doping rules, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Troicki was found guilty of failing to provide a blood sample during a drugs test at the Monte Carlo Masters in April.<\/p>\n

“Mr Troicki provided a urine sample, but did not provide a blood sample,” said an ITF statement.<\/p>\n

“He asserted to an independent tribunal that he was assured by the doping control officer (DCO) that it would be acceptable not to provide a sample on account of him feeling unwell that day.<\/p>\n

“However, the tribunal concluded that the DCO told Mr Troicki that she could not advise him as to whether his reason for not providing a blood sample was valid, and that no such assurances were given by her.”<\/p>\n

His failure to provide a blood sample at Monte Carlo, where he was knocked out in the first round, constituted a dope test failure, said the ITF.<\/p>\n

“The tribunal determined that he is suspended from participation for a period of 18 months, and so ending at midnight on 24 January 2015,” added the statement.<\/p>\n

Troicki, who is currently at 53 in the world, reached a career high 12 in 2011 and has won $ 4.5 million (3.4 million euros) in prize money.<\/p>\n

His only tour title came in 2010 when he captured the Moscow indoors event.<\/p>\n

That same year, he won the decisive fifth and final rubber against France as Serbia claimed the Davis Cup for the first time.<\/p>\n

Troicki was playing at the Umag claycourt event in Croatia on Thursday where he was beaten 6-0, 6-4 in the second round by Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo.<\/p>\n

His best results in 2013 have all come on clay with quarter-final runs in Bucharest, Munich and Dusseldorf.<\/p>\n

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