Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Max Purcell has been provisionally suspended after admitting a breach of anti-doping guidelines.
The 26-year-old Australian has taken a voluntary suspension after admitting breaking World Anti-Doping Company (Wada) guidelines referring to the “use of a prohibited methodology”.
Purcell, whose main titles got here at Wimbledon in 2022 and this 12 months’s US Open, stated he had “unknowingly acquired” an intravenous infusion of nutritional vitamins which was above the 100ml restrict allowed by Wada.
Purcell stated he alerted the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) – the impartial physique which enforces Wada guidelines – after the difficulty got here to mild when he acquired medical data final week.
“This information was devastating to me as a result of I pleasure myself on being an athlete who all the time makes positive all the pieces is Wada secure,” he stated.
“I volunteered the data to the ITIA and have been as clear as attainable to place this challenge behind me.”