ATP Tour #XXXV: Tennis is Fed!

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Op zondag 12 juli 2009 22:08 schreef Wopper1 het volgende:
Jeetje wat zien die banen er uit. Je zal maar een wedstrijd naast je hebben .

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Op zondag 12 juli 2009 22:09 schreef Ambrosius het volgende:
GSM Ram, Querrey echt te kansloos op sommige momenten , sowieso verliezen van iemand die net top 200 staat .

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Op zondag 12 juli 2009 23:35 schreef Tim86 het volgende:

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Why?

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Op zondag 12 juli 2009 22:09 schreef Federer-fan het volgende:
Ram een Amerikaan, Kristie?

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Op zondag 12 juli 2009 23:52 schreef wimderon het volgende:

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Ja, Federer-fan?

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Op maandag 13 juli 2009 08:39 schreef Federer-fan het volgende:

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Ik dacht dat hij uit Israël kwam. Dacht al, moet hij niet met die Davis Cup meedoen.

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Op maandag 13 juli 2009 11:58 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Dat is dubbelspeler Ram

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Richard Gasquet mag opnieuw tennissen wo 15/07/2009 - 18:14
De Fransman Richard Gasquet heeft een milde straf gekregen voor z'n positieve test op cocaïne. Gasquet krijgt een schorsing van 2,5 maand.
Omdat hij al een poosje voorwaardelijk op non-actief stond, mag Gasquet volgende week al spelen.

Gasquet testte eind maart positief op cocaïne bij het toernooi in Miami. Hij zei dat hij onschuldig was en er werd maar een kleine hoeveelheid cocaïne in zijn lichaam gevonden.

"Hem een jaar schorsen zou onrechtvaardig zijn", legt de internationale tennisbond uit. "Daarom schorsen we hem van 1
mei tot vandaag, 15 juli."

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Op woensdag 15 juli 2009 18:32 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Gasquet cleared to resume playingComment Email Print Share Associated Press

LONDON -- Richard Gasquet escaped a lengthy doping ban Wednesday when the International Tennis Federation ruled that he inadvertently took cocaine. The 23-year-old Frenchman, who was cleared to resume playing after completing a 2½-month ban Wednesday, convinced an independent anti-doping tribunal that he ingested cocaine by kissing a woman he met at a nightclub in Miami.

The tribunal panel of three lawyers said Gasquet consumed no more than "a grain of salt" of the drug, and a long ban would be an injustice in a case which was "unusual to the point of being probably unique."
"We have found the player to be a person who is shy and reserved, honest and truthful and a man of integrity and good character," the tribunal said in its ruling.

The ITF, which had sought a two-year ban under the terms of the World Anti-Doping Agency's code, was told to impose a retroactive ban of two months, 15 days. The ban ended Wednesday morning, clearing 32nd-ranked Gasquet to resume playing.

Gasquet tested positive in a urine sample in March after he pulled out of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., with a shoulder injury.

After deciding to withdraw from the tournament he went to a nightclub with friends to see a French DJ perform at a Miami dance music festival, which the tribunal noted was "notoriously associated with use of illegal recreational drugs including cocaine."

Gasquet told the tribunal hearing held in London last month that he kissed a woman, identified in the ruling only as "Pamela." The tribunal said it was likely she had consumed cocaine during the night, though it had no direct evidence. Gasquet was "on the balance of probability, contaminated with cocaine by Pamela" and, therefore, not significantly at fault for the doping offense, the ruling said.

"We take into account that the amount of cocaine in the player's body was so small that if he had been tested only a few hours later, his test result would be likely to have been negative," the tribunal stated. Gasquet also argued at the hearing that his positive test was given after he had pulled out of the Key Biscayne tournament. Cocaine is a banned drug for athletes in competition.

The tribunal said Gasquet's rights to practice his profession would be infringed by a one-year suspension, though it was required to find that a doping offense was committed. It also noted that Gasquet would be banned for life if he tested positive for a banned drug a second time.

The ruling allowed the Frenchman to keep the ranking points and prize money he gained at tournaments in April.The ITF provisionally suspended Gasquet when the test result was announced in May and he was forced to miss the French Open and Wimbledon. His ranking has since dropped nine places.
The ruling can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport within three weeks.

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Op woensdag 15 juli 2009 21:33 schreef Colplay het volgende:

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De verklaring van Gasquet is echt lachwekkend. Dat mensen dit serieus geloven...
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Op donderdag 16 juli 2009 00:28 schreef Tim86 het volgende:

Complete bullshit gewoon. Dat hij wellicht een klein lijntje heeft gedaan en niet meer dan dat kan prima, maar echt niet dat hij het door een zoen in zijn systeem kon krijgen..