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Iga Swiatek Accepts One-Month Suspension For Doping Violation

Poland's Iga Swiatek returns the ball against Italy's Jasmine Paolini during the Billie Jean King Cup semi-final tennis match at Martin Carpena Sports Hall in Malaga, southern Spain, on Monday, Nov. 1

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, as announced by the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Thursday.

Swiatek failed an out-of-competition drug test in August, with the ITIA accepting her explanation that the result was unintentional. The positive test was attributed to the contamination of a nonprescription medication, melatonin, which Swiatek was taking for jet lag and sleeping issues.

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