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.
Matosevic denied all charges throughout the process, until admitting to blood doping in a social media post shortly before the hearing was scheduled to take place.
The 40-year-old - who reached a career-high No.39 in the world in 2013 before turning to coaching - was highly critical of the ITIA's investigative practices.
