Exploring ‘Aussie Tennis Star makes ‘Legal Doping’ Accusation As He Defends Simona Halep In Drugs Ban’ John Millman has weighed in on the debate over Therapeutic Use Exemptions in tennis following the news that Fernando Verdasco accepted a two-month suspension when he forgot to renew his TUE for ADHD medication, causing him to fail a drugs test. The Australian proclaimed that the exemptions gave way for “legal doping” and used it as an argument to defend Simona Halep after the former world No 1 failed a drugs test and claimed she was unaware of how the banned substance got into her body.
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Aussie Tennis Star makes ‘Legal Doping’ Accusation As He Defends Simona Halep In Drugs Ban
The debate over TUEs in tennis has been rife in recent days following the news that former top 10 player Verdasco had taken a two-month suspension – to end on January 8 in time for the Australian Open – when he failed a drugs test back in February because he forgot to renew his exemption when it expired.
“The player admitted the Anti-Doping Rule Violation and explained that he had been medically diagnosed with ADHD and legitimately used methylphenidate as medication prescribed by his physician to treat the condition in accordance with a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), but had forgotten to renew his TUE when it expired,” the International Tennis Integrity Agency said in a statement.
Tennis players have since come out to claim that several pros have obtained TUEs for ADHD medication without genuinely needing the drug, which helps with concentration. And Millman has become the latest man to weigh in, as he classed it a form of “legal doping”.
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