Drug Testers Are Not The Most Popular People In The World

Written by: Staff on 5th November 2011

Drug Testers Are Not The Most Popular People In The World

Serena Williams of the US hits a return to Samantha Stosur of Australia during the women's final match on the fourteenth day of the 2011 US Open Tennis Championship at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA 11 September 2011. The US Open has been extended due to weather for the fourth year in a row and the men's final will now be played on 12 September 2011. EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO |

They can come calling at any time, but it’s usually early in the morning, around 6am. Ask Andy Murray, who was woken by them at the crack of dawn, invited them in and had his mother make them a cup of tea. Ask Dinara Safina, who recently had them knocking on her door long before breakfast time, even though she hadn’t played on the tour for several months and had no plans yet to return.

THEY are drug testers, who have the right to conduct tests on tennis players at any time and without appointment. But when they showed up at the home of Serena Williams they got more than they expected.

She called 911 when she discovered what she thought was a prowler at 6 one recent morning, and then fled to the panic room in her mansion, a refuge of the kind made famous in the movie ‘Panic Room’ starring Jodie Foster.

Officers swiftly responded to Serena’s call for help, but soon left once the identity of the ‘intruder’ was established.

Topics: Andy Murray, Serena Williams