Long ban handed out to former top 20 star after doping offence.
Former top-20 player Varvara Lepchenko has been given a four-year ban for a doping offence.
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US tennis player Varvara Lepchenko handed four-year doping ban
doping ban on Friday, the International Tennis Federation announced, a suspension which will only end close to her 40th birthday. American player Lepchenko, 35, failed a drugs test at the Budapest WTA event in July last year where she tested positive for "adrafinil and/or modafinil metabolite" said the ITF.
Lepchenko given 4-year doping suspension
Former top-20 player Varvara Lepchenko has been handed a four-year doping suspension by the International Tennis Federation after she tested positive for a banned stimulant during a tournament last year.
Varvara Lepchenko: American given four-year ban for doping
American tennis player Varvara Lepchenko has been handed a four-year ban for doping after being provisionally suspended in August 2021.
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Maria Sharapova says Serena Williams still has what it takes to carry on playing
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Judge in Russian Olympic figure skating doping case worked on Sharapova appeal
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