{"id":34103,"date":"2026-08-25T11:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/vondrousova-appeals-against-four-year-ban-for-refusing-anti-doping-test\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T11:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T11:05:06","slug":"vondrousova-appeals-against-four-year-ban-for-refusing-anti-doping-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/vondrousova-appeals-against-four-year-ban-for-refusing-anti-doping-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Vondrousova appeals against four-year ban for refusing anti-doping test"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) against her four-year ban for refusing an anti-doping test.<\/b><\/p>\n

The 27-year-old was handed the ban in June<\/a> after the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) charged her with denying a doping control officer entry to her home to conduct an out-of-competition test in December 2025.<\/p>\n

Her suspension is due to end on 21 June 2030.<\/p>\n

Cas confirmed to BBC Sport that it had received the appeal but said a hearing date had not yet been set. <\/p>\n

Vondrousova, who in 2023 became the first unseeded player to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title,<\/a> said in April that when she refused the test she was at “breaking point after months of physical and mental stress”.<\/p>\n

The Czech added that she feared for her safety when the officer called at her home at 20:00 on 3 December and said they failed to properly identify themselves or follow “protocol”. She signed a refusal form when she went outside to walk her dog shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n

However, a tribunal determined Vondrousova provided “no compelling justification” for refusing the test, nor to receive a shortened ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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