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American Jenson Brooksby gets 18-month tennis ban for missing tests
Oct. 25 (UPI) — American Jenson Brooksby received an 18-month suspension because he missed three drug tests within a 12-month period, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced. The ITIA announced the suspension Tuesday, three weeks after an independent tribunal met and heard from Brooksby and several witnesses. Brooksby denied ever taking a banned substance and…
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Men’s Tennis Closes Fall With Home Tournament
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Carlos Alcaraz and his appearance fee illuminate a problem with tennis
Carlos Alcaraz plays tennis because he is great at it but it also makes him a lot of money. This is basically the same reason that any professional tennis player has participated in the sport. People need to earn a living and top-end tennis players make a good living by winning tournaments. But they also…
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‘Unforced error’: Who threw the tennis ball that cost Vanderbilt an SEC championship?
Editor’s note: This story is part of a series recounting and exploring College Sports Mysteries. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The public address announcer at Florida State’s Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center said Dwayne Schintzius’ name, and that’s the moment Schintzius and his Florida teammates and coaches knew what was in store for them. Advertisement Some would look…
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Singles, doubles finals set for SCCAL Girls Tennis Tournament
Santa Cruz High sophomore tennis player Francesca Garces and Aptos senior Tiana Smith will square off for the girls singles title at the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League Championships at Imperial Courts in Aptos on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Aptos senior Holly Hegna and sophomore partner Coral Collins face Scotts Valley juniors Sofia Niklaus and…
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Tennis star hit with 18-month ban breaks silence to explain missed drugs test
Jenson Brooksby has vowed to appeal a decision that saw him slapped with an 18-month ban from tennis, putting him out of competition until January 2025. The American was charged with missing three anti-doping tests in the space of a year. In a defiant statement, Brooksby said he had “never taken a banned substance in…
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Aussie tennis great Wally Masur issues blunt warning to Nick Kyrgios
Wally Masur wants to see a fit and firing Nick Kyrgios Kyrgios, 28, has played just one match in 2023 due to injury Masur believes Kyrgios is good enough to win Grand Slams By Martin Gabor For Nca Newswire Published: 00:51 EDT, 25 October 2023 | Updated: 00:51 EDT, 25 October 2023
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EXCLUSIVE – ‘I have been spending Rs 1-1.5 crore annually’: Sumit Nagal opens up about his life as professional Indian tennis player News
NEW DELHI: In September 2023, India’s top-ranked tennis player, Sumit Nagal, confessed in an interview, “If I look at my bank balance, I have what I had at the beginning of the year. It is 900 euros (approx Rs 80,000).”As soon as the statement went viral, support started pouring in for the 26-year-old athlete, with…
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Brainerd Warrior Tennis in Consolation Round at State
1 of 52: IMG_4146.JPG Brainerd Warrior Tennis in Consolation Round in State meet Bill Johnson / Picture Day Pro 2 of 52: IMG_4137.JPG Brainerd Warrior Tennis in Consolation Round in State meet Bill Johnson / Picture Day Pro 3 of 52: IMG_4102.JPG Brainerd Warrior Tennis in Consolation Round in State meet Bill Johnson / Picture Day Pro 4…
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BOYS’ TENNIS NOTEBOOK: Lammert named 1st-team All-State
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } For the third year in a row, Floyd Central’s Ben Lammert has received All-State recognition from the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association. As a sophomore he garnered honorable mention in singles from the IHSTeCA. Last year, he was…