World number 51 Mikael Ymer received an 18-month ban after the ITF won the CAS appeal. The player made his uploads on social networks.
Just months before the start of the Davis Cup Finals, Chile received some favorable news ahead of their debut against Sweden. This is the suspension for doping of Mikael Ymer, world number 51 and star player of the Nordic team.
Suspension that will leave him out of the tracks for 18 months, burying any chance that he could be in Bologna on September 12 against the team of Nicolás Massú. In addition, Sweden will have to overcome the entire tournament without its best player, so the chances that the European nation can defeat the group that, in addition to Chile, make up Canada and Italy, are complicated.
The news was confirmed by the same player, who in a statement detailed the punishment received by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) lodged an appeal in its chambers. The charge arose because Ymer failed to show up for three doping tests in 2021.
“I challenged this charge at a hearing and was acquitted by an independent three-judge panel in June 2022. The ITF appealed this decision, although the judges who acquitted me were appointed under their own rules, and asked the CAS to reach a different decision based on the same facts, of which he had already been acquitted “said the 24-year-old player on social networks.
Statement that continued with his feelings for the punishment received. “Yesterday (Monday) I learned that CAS suspended me from professional tennis for 18 months, although I have never used or been accused of using banned substances. Having been found not guilty on one occasion and declaring wholeheartedly that I do not believe the third offense was committed, I find the decision to take me to a new trial and then be found guilty unfair. And besides, I find it difficult to understand that 18 months of suspension is an appropriate sentence ” lamentation.
The resolution of the case (which began in 2022), comes just in the week of Sweden’s most important tournament, the ATP 250 in Bastad. Indeed, Ymer was one of the protagonists of the draw and had to play against Juan Pablo Varillas, a match obviously suspended. In recent weeks, the Swede had managed to reach the third round at Wimbledon and the quarter-finals at Eastbourne.
In this way, the Swedish Davis Cup team is considerably diminished, being represented by Elias Ymer (166th), Dragos Nicolae Madaras (191st), Karl Friberg (363rd), Leo Borg (437th) and Andre Goransson (72nd double) They will face the group stage of the team competition.
Chile, for its part, has no injuries at the moment and would travel to Italy with Nicolás Jarry (26th), Christian Garin (119th), Alejandro Tabilo (124th) and Tomás Barrios (125th) to face Sweden, the Italy and Canada. September 12, 15 and 16 respectively. In addition, Nicolás Massú must define a last quota which could be occupied by Gonzalo Lama (413°) or Matías Soto (523°).
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