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ATP Will Not Reopen Agassi Case 
by FanHouse Newswire
Filed under: ATP, ATP Rankings
LONDON (AP) -- The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against
Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.
Agassi revealed in his recent autobiography that he failed a 1997 drug test, a result he says was thrown out after he lied by claiming he "unwittingly" took crystal meth.
However, ATP chairman Adam Helfant said on Friday that there was no way to sanction the American retroactively since he has retired from tennis.
ATP Will Not Reopen Agassi Case originally appeared on Tennis FanHouse on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:57:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Suspended Players Wickmayer, Malisse Appeal WADA Rulings by FanHouse Newswire
Filed under: WTA, ATP
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Suspended Belgian tennis players
Yanina Wickmayer and
Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Victory at the European Commission in Brussels and the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights could force WADA to change its rules on when and where athletes can be tested out of competition.
"The indispensable fight against doping is not the issue here. The problem is the lack of proportionality of certain measures," their lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont told
The Associated Press on Sunday.
The athletes are already appealing their one-year bans before the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Suspended Players Wickmayer, Malisse Appeal WADA Rulings originally appeared on Tennis FanHouse on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:03:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Novak Djokovic Wins First Paris Masters by FanHouse Newswire
Filed under: ATP
PARIS (AP) -- Third-seeded
Novak Djokovic scrambled to a 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (3) victory over local favorite
Gael Monfils on Sunday to win the Paris Masters for the first time.
The victory gave Djokovic back-to-back ATP Tour titles after his win over top-ranked
Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors final last Sunday.
The third-ranked Djokovic also beat World No. 2
Rafael Nadal in the semifinals in Paris and will be a strong favorite when he'll try to defend his title at the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals from Nov. 22-29 in London.
Novak Djokovic Wins First Paris Masters originally appeared on Tennis FanHouse on Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:16:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Marat Safin Calls it a Career by FanHouse Newswire
Filed under: ATP, ATP Rankings
PARIS (AP) -- Known for furious, racket-throwing rants,
Marat Safin would rather be remembered for the hard work he put in during a 12-year career marked by two Grand Slam titles and a Davis Cup win.
The former No. 1 ended his career Wednesday after losing to
Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters.
"A lot of people there really thought that I'm not a really hard worker," Safin said. "But you can ask all my coaches how I dedicated myself to tennis. They will tell you it's completely the opposite of what a lot of people think."
Marat Safin Calls it a Career originally appeared on Tennis FanHouse on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:28:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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