Topic: International Tennis Federation

U.S. tennis player Odesnik gets two-year drug ban

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 107 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - American tennis player Wayne Odesnik was handed a two-year ban from competition by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Wednesday for a doping violation.Odesnik, 24, admitted to obtaining eight vials of human growth hormone in t

Hewitt blasts "ridiculous" timing of Davis Cup clash

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 122 days ago
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The timing of Australia's Davis Cup tie with Japan so close to this month's French Open was described as 'ridiculous' by former world number one Lleyton Hewitt on Tuesday.The Asia-Oceania second-round tie, which begins on clay in Brisba

ITF says Odesnik accepts voluntary suspension

AP News - 137 days ago
ITF says American tennis player Wayne Odesnik accepts voluntary provisional doping suspensionAmerican tennis player Wayne Odesnik has accepted "a voluntary provisional suspension" from all events after pleading guilty last month to importing human growth

Odesnik accepts suspension for importing HGH

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 137 days ago
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - American tennis player Wayne Odesnik has accepted a "voluntary provisional suspension" after admitting importing human growth hormone (HGH), the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Monday.The 24-year-old was in January caug

Chela ousts Hewitt at US Men's Clay Court tennis

AFP Global Edition - 147 days ago
Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela beat defending champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia 6-4, 6-3 to reach the semi-finals of the US Men's Clay Court Championships.Hewitt, seeded fourth, was playing his first tournament since surgery on his right hip on Januar

Tennis player Wayne Odesnik fined over HGH

AP News - 161 days ago
US tennis player Wayne Odesnik pleads guilty to HGH import; fined $7,000, 2-year ban possibleWayne Odesnik, an American tennis player ranked No. 98, pleaded guilty Friday to importing human growth hormone into Australia before a tournament leading to the

American Odesnik faces ban over doping conviction

AFP American Edition - 161 days ago
American tennis player Wayne Odesnik faces a potential two-year ban after pleading guilty to importing human growth hormone into Australia, reports said Saturday.Odesnik, 24, who is ranked 98th, was stopped by customs officers at Brisbane airport on Janua

ITF defends Davis Cup amid World Cup proposal

AP News - 233 days ago
ITF defends 110-year-old Davis Cup amid proposal for a 10-day World Cup-style tournamentThe International Tennis Federation defended its Davis Cup competition on Wednesday following a proposal by leading men's players for a World Cup-style tournament.Serb

ITF says World Cup idea has interesting elements

Reuters US Online Report Sports News - 233 days ago
LONDON (Reuters) - A proposed tennis "World Cup" to replace the Davis Cup has interesting elements but also many challenges, the International Tennis Federation said on Wednesday.The ITF added in a statement that the Davis Cup had not lost its intrinsic v

Serbia chooses indoor clay to face US in Davis Cup

AP News - 256 days ago
US to play on clay in Belgrade in Davis Cup 1st Round MatchesThe United States will face Serbia on an indoor clay surface in Belgrade for its first-round Davis Cup match next year.The venues for six of the eight first-round World Group ...