The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced this Saturday through a brief statement that “a request from Dayana Yastremska to lift the provisional suspension qWhat was imposed on her on January 7, 2021 under Article 8.3.1 (c) of the 2020 Tennis Anti-Doping Program has been denied by the President of the Independent Court summoned to hear her case. “A blood sample from the tennis player, taken out of competition, on November 24, 2020 contained the metabolite mesterolone, “an unspecified substance that is prohibited in category S1 of the 2020 WADA Prohibited List (anabolic agents). “Yatremska defended her innocence and, from what is now known, appealed the sanction.
The 20-year-old Ukrainian tennis player and 29th in the world traveled to Melbourne on the same flight as Paula Badosa with the hope of being able to play both one of the WTA 500 tournaments that are going to be played in the city and the Australian Open and she is confined to the Grand Hyatt hotel without being able to leave the room as she has been in contact on the plane with a coach (Andreescu's, Sylvain Brunneau) who tested positive for COVID.
The ITF's decision “is subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport by Ms. Yastremska, WADA and the National Anti-Doping Center of Ukraine.” Even if he recurs, it is very difficult for him to play in the first Grand Slam of the season.