Topic: International Tennis Federation

Tennis players' wishes ignored: Roddick

Frustrated Andy Roddick says players' views are often ignored when it comes to tennis power politics, with efforts to tackle the punishing schedule likely to come to nothing.The American, who exited in the first round of the China Open on Monday ...
The treatment ahead for Venus Williams will vary according to the severity of her Sjogren's Syndrome symptoms, and she likely will need to be...
Some of Robert Kendrick's fellow ATP players are rallying behind the 31-year-old American in the wake of a one-year doping ban handed down last week by the International Tennis Federation.But compatriot Wayne Odesnik, set to play his first ATP match ...

ATP rivals support Kendrick in dope ban fight

Some of Robert Kendrick's fellow ATP players are rallying behind the 31-year-old American in the wake of a one-year doping ban handed down last week by the International Tennis Federation.Kendrick tested positive for the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine at the French ...

Doping tennis player Kendrick to appeal drug ban

SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - Banned American tennis player Robert Kendrick will appeal to the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) to shorten his 12-month suspension for doping, his attorneys said on Monday.The International Tennis Federation (ITF) suspended the 31-year-old American last ...

Kendrick handed one-year ban after positive test

America's Robert Kendrick has been banned from tennis for 12 months after testing positive for a banned substance at the French Open earlier this year, it was announced on Friday.Kendrick, ranked 105 in the world, was tested in Paris in ...

Nadal to skip Davis Cup, blasts schedule

MADRID (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal will miss Spain's Davis Cup clash with the United States next month to rest, complaining the tournament risked losing its prestige due to "inconsiderate" scheduling."I won't be there. The priority is to be healthy and ...

ITF rejects Spain challenge to U.S. court choice

MADRID (Reuters) - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has rejected Spain's appeal over the legality of the court surface chosen by the United States for July's Davis Cup World Group quarter-final.The Spanish tennis federation (RFET) had argued that the surface ...

HGH Wayne back on court

After a two-year suspension imposed by the ITF was cut in half, American Wayne Odesnik was back out on court Monday in Florida. At a tiny club, in...

Odesnik has doping ban reduced for assisting officials

LONDON (Reuters) - American tennis player Wayne Odesnik has had the remaining 12 months of his two-year doping ban suspended because of assistance he provided officials, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on Wednesday.Odesnik will be eligible for competition from December 29 ...