Ukraine tennis player Dayana Yastremska appears certain to miss next month's Australian Open after her appeal against a provisional doping suspension was rejected.The ITF says an independent tribunal denied Yastremska's application to have her provisional suspension liftedShe has been in hotel quarantine since arriving in Melbourne earlier this month
The International Tennis Federation released a statement on Sunday saying an independent tribunal had denied the 20-year-old's application to have her provisional suspension lifted. Yastremska, who has been in hotel quarantine since arriving in Melbourne earlier this month, provided her sample in November.
She has denied using performance-enhancing drugs, saying she believes the positive test is the result of a "contamination event", and has vowed to clear her name."I'm astonished and under shock, particularly given that two weeks prior to this test … I tested negative at the WTA event in Linz," Yastremska said in a statement earlier this month.
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