TENNIS ANTI-DOPING PROGRAMME STATEMENT REGARDING ALIZE CORNET

Written by: Staff on 24th January 2018

TENNIS ANTI-DOPING PROGRAMME STATEMENT REGARDING ALIZE CORNET

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Alize Cornet of France in action during her second round match against Julia Goerges of Germany at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 17 January 2018. EPA-EFE/LUKAS COCH

Tennis Anti-Doping Programme

PRESS STATEMENT

25 January 2018

Tennis Anti-Doping Programme statement regarding Alize Cornet

Following the statement made by Alize Cornet, the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP) confirms the following:

Ms. Cornet has been charged with a violation of TADP Article 2.4 (Failing three times in any 12-month period…to be available for Testing at the declared whereabouts in accordance with Article I.4 of the International Standard for Testing and Investigations (a “Missed Test”)).

Ms. Cornet was charged with the above violation on 11 January 2018.

In accordance with the TADP rules, no further comment will be made pending determination of the case, except as may be necessary to respond to public comment by Ms. Cornet or her representatives. In that regard, the TADP points out that, contrary to the implication in Ms. Cornet’s statement that the ‘valuable reasons’ for her unavailability for testing at her declared whereabouts went unheard, the process set out in the International Standard for Testing and Investigations for the management of Whereabouts Failures, which includes the right for the player to request an independent assessment of whether the requirements for such failures were met, was followed in all three instances.