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Nadal hits out at WADA
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May 31, 2009, Sunday
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RAFAEL Nadal accused anti-doping controllers of "harassing" players on Friday and defended his suspended friend Richard Gasquet.
Frenchman Gasquet confirmed almost three weeks ago that he had tested positive for cocaine during last month's Miami event and is provisionally banned as he tries to clear his name.
"I support him. I'm certain that he's not taking anything," Nadal said at the French Open after reaching the fourth round. "He's a good friend of mine and I discussed this with him last week and he's most certainly not taking cocaine.
"You know what the world is like today. You go to a party ... if you kiss a girl who's taken cocaine, anything can happen. This can destroy your career and is most unfair."
Nadal again criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency's so-called "whereabouts" rules, under which athletes must tell their national anti-doping authorities where they will be at a chosen hour between 6am and 11pm each day for a three-month period.
If they change their plans they are obliged to inform the authorities of that change. Athletes who miss three doping tests over an 18-month period face possible suspensions.
Tennis players want more flexibility since their schedules change at the last minute if they are knocked out from a tournament in which they were expecting to do well.
"The International Tennis Federation should take measures," said Nadal. "I don't have the impression that it's good to put so much pressure on us. They harass us."
Frenchman Gasquet confirmed almost three weeks ago that he had tested positive for cocaine during last month's Miami event and is provisionally banned as he tries to clear his name.
"I support him. I'm certain that he's not taking anything," Nadal said at the French Open after reaching the fourth round. "He's a good friend of mine and I discussed this with him last week and he's most certainly not taking cocaine.
"You know what the world is like today. You go to a party ... if you kiss a girl who's taken cocaine, anything can happen. This can destroy your career and is most unfair."
Nadal again criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency's so-called "whereabouts" rules, under which athletes must tell their national anti-doping authorities where they will be at a chosen hour between 6am and 11pm each day for a three-month period.
If they change their plans they are obliged to inform the authorities of that change. Athletes who miss three doping tests over an 18-month period face possible suspensions.
Tennis players want more flexibility since their schedules change at the last minute if they are knocked out from a tournament in which they were expecting to do well.
"The International Tennis Federation should take measures," said Nadal. "I don't have the impression that it's good to put so much pressure on us. They harass us."
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