US Open champion rejects antiseptic over doping fears 20:01

British tennis player Emma Raducanu, the world’s 60th racket, did not use antiseptic at the 2025 Australian Open for fear of violating anti-doping rules. The athlete’s words are quoted by talkSPORT.

“I was bitten very badly by ants yesterday and had an allergic reaction. Everything is swollen. Someone gave me antiseptic spray to soothe the bites, but I refused. I thought I would put up with it because I didn’t want to take risks,” said Raducanu.

Last year, two top tennis players were involved in a doping scandal. Italian world number one Jannik Sinner avoided disqualification after testing positive for the steroid clostebol and revealed the banned substance was in his massage therapist’s spray. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) appeal in April.

There were two high-profile doping scandals last year: Italian Jannik Sinner avoided disqualification after a positive doping test for the steroid clostebol and revealed that the banned substance was in her massage therapist’s spray, and Polish woman Iga Swiatek was disqualified for a month. after testing positive for trimetazidine doping due to a contaminated melatonin product he was using for sleep problems.

In the first round of the Australian Open 2025, Emma Raducanu will play with Russian tennis player Ekaterina Alexandrova.

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