Tennis Player Richard Gasquet Tests Positive for Cocaine & Faces 2 Year Ban May 12, 2009
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French tennis player Richard Gasquet has admitted that a recently taken drug screen came back positive for cocaine; However, Gasquet is claiming he’s innocent. According to the AP, two urine samples were taken from Richard Gasquet on the same day, last month during the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fl, and both revealed positive test results for cocaine use. Nonetheless, Gasquet told reporters, “I am gathering together proof of my innocence and I will choose an appropriate moment to express myself.”
Not surprisingly, Gasquet quickly pulled out of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fl, after have taken the tests. Gasquet claims that his withdrawal was due to a right shoulder injury. The governing bodies of world-wide tennis, the WTA and the ITF, along with the World Anti-Doping Agency are still reviewing Richard Gasquet’s case. The French Tennis player faces up to a two-year ban from international play as a result of testing positive for cocaine.
Despite the current controversy that surrounds 22-years-old, Richard Gasquet, he has definitely proven his skills in the past when he made it as a semi-finalist in the Wimbledon by beating Andy Roddick; also, he had a former world ranking of #7 and currently hold the ranking of 23rd in the world.
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