Former Australian tennis No 1 Marinko Matosevic handed four-year ban for doping offences

• 40-year-old committed five anti-doping rule violations

• Matosevic, now a coach, critical of ITIA’s investigative practices

Six weeks after branding the International Tennis Integrity Agency “corrupt”, one-time Australian No 1 Marinko Matosevic has been handed a four-year ban for multiple doping offences.

An independent tribunal determined that Matosevic committed five anti-doping rule violations between 2018 and 2020, including use of a prohibited method through blood doping and facilitating another player to blood dope, providing advice to others on how to avoid positive tests, and use and possession of the prohibited substance clenbuterol.

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