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Marin Cilic Beats Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane  By Matt Cronin thumbnail

Marin Cilic Beats Grigor Dimitrov in Brisbane By Matt Cronin

Marin Cilic played just his third match in the past five months on Wednesday when took down 2013 Brisbane International finalist Grigor Dimitrov 7-5, 7-5 at Pat Rafter Arena on Wednesday.
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Tennis News Around The Tour (mostly down under)

...even though he worked with her for five weeks during the off-season, coach Paul Annacone will not join Sloane Stephens in Australia. She will be coached by her hitting partner, Andrew Fitzpatrick.
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Nadal Will Pass On Hiring A Celebrity Coach

While Roger Federer may be the latest elite player to take on a "celebrity" coach in the form of Swede Stefan Edberg, Rafael Nadal has insisted he won't be joining the new trend.
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Brisbane Draws, Order of Plays and Schedules

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Tennis News and Tour Tidbits

The recently retired Xavier Malisse has been named as the new coach of fellow Belgian Ruben Bemelmans. Or that if The X Man gets a bit fitter like the other 30 plus year old players that he will still play singles and doubles as well. After all he and Ruben make a great doubles team.
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Haase Had High Levels Of Testosterone

Dutchman Robin Haase has admitted that an anti-doping test carried out in 2006 revealed that he has abnormally high levels of testosterone, but in a letter he received from the ATP, they said it the abnormal level could very well be natural.
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World Anti Doping Agency Makes The Rules Very Clear

Although Marin Cilic had his recent drug ban shortened to four months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport when the Croatian convinced them he took the banned supplement nikethamide by mistake, the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) has now made it clear new global anti-doping rules to be agreed this week will leave no room for such excuses.
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Cilic Puts Aside Any Hard Feelings

Marin Cilic will be considering his participation in this week's Paris Masters as "gift of the year" after suspension of his sanctions for testing positive for a banned substance.
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Tsonga Asks For Clarity In Drug Action

As Marin Cilic made winning comeback to ATP World Tour action after a shortened ban for breaking anti-doping regulations, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made an impassioned plea at the BNP Paribas Paris Masters for added clarity on the most talked about issue in tennis.
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Tennis Tour Tidbits

Nicholas Monroe and John Isner beat the team of Marray / Sijsling the scores were 3-6,6-3,10-4. The big deal here its Monroe's first Masters tournament.
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Cilic Calls Return To Tour A Gift / drug testing really pisses me off

Marin Cilic will be considering his participation in this week's Paris Masters as "gift of the year" after suspension of his sanctions for testing positive for a banned substance.
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A Possible ITF Doping Rule Change Might Be In The Offing

The International Tennis Federation’s anti-doping policy has again been brought sharply into focus following the two high-profile suspensions of Serbia’s Viktor Troicki and Croatian Marin Cilic.
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ITF Accused Of Subterfuge

The International Tennis Federation has been criticized for declaring Marin Cilic withdrew from Wimbledon because of a knee injury when the body was fully aware the Croatian was in fact not allowed to compete because he was under investigation following a failed dope test.
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Cilic Gets Nine Month Suspension

After months of conjecture and assumption that Marin Cilic had fallen foul of the drug testers, official news has finally been announced by the International Tennis Federation that the Croatian former top ten player has been handed him a nine-month suspension for a positive dope test that proved he used a banned substance.
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Cilic Trying To Get Failed Drug Test Overturned

While Croatia began their attempt to remain in the Davis Cup’s World Group in Umag, the nation’s leading player Marin Cilic was ironically in London to present his appeal against the results of a failed anti-doping test in Munich nearly five months ago.

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