Verdasco hit with two-month ban for ADHD medication

Former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco has been given a two-month doping ban.

The Spaniard accepted the sanction following a positive test for the ADHD medication methylphenidate at a second-tier Challenger event in February having forgotten to renew a Therapeutic Use Exemption.

A statement from the International Tennis Integrity Agency said: "The ITIA accepts that the player did not intend to cheat, that his violation was inadvertent and unintentional, and that he bears No Significant Fault or Negligence for it."

Verdasco, who has been granted a new TUE for the medication, will serve a suspension until January 8. The 39-year-old was ranked as high as seventh in the world in 2009 but is now down at 125.