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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Tumaini Carayol

Tomljanovic accuses anti-doping chiefs of being out to get players after Vondrousova ban

Marketa Vondrousova runs towards the ball on court
Marketa Vondrousova, who won the 2023 Wimbledon ladies singles title, declined to provide a doping sample to an ITIA testing officer in December 2025. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Ajla Tomljanovic has described the lengthy doping ban administered to Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 Wimbledon singles champion, as a disgrace and has accused the ­tennis anti-doping authorities of being out to get players even when they have done nothing wrong.

The International Tennis ­Integrity Agency announced on Monday that Vondrousova had been handed a four‑year suspension by an independent tribunal after the Czech player had refused to provide a sample to a doping control officer at her home last December at around 8pm.

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