Two-time Grand Slam winner elects to enter voluntary suspension as Tennis is rocked by another doping breach
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Australian tennis player Max Purcell has elected to enter a voluntary provisional suspension after admitting to breaching the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced that the 26-year-old had contravened Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program, which relates to the 'use of a Prohibited Method'.
![[Purcell made a statement online in which he revealed that he had 'unknowingly' received a transfusion of vitamins above the 'allowable limit']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/10/93420841-0-image-a-2_1734948738901.jpg)
The ITIA said that his provisional suspension came into effect on December 12, 2024, but did not stipulate how long the ban would go on for. Purcell, a two-time doubles Grand Slam winner, has also taken to Instagram to admit he was 'devastated' by the news and revealed that the breach occurred when he had 'unknowingly' received a transfusion of vitamins that was above the 'allowable limit of 100ml'.
![[The Australian won the men's doubles at WImbledon in 2022 before going on to win the US Open earlier this year]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/10/93420887-0-image-m-7_1734949275931.jpg)
He added that he had told the medical agency that he was an athlete and needed the IV to be below 100ml. 'As announced by the ITIA today, I have voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension since I unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100ml,' Purcell wrote on Instagram.
![[In a statement on his Instagram, Purcell said he was 'devastated' by the news, adding that he had told medical professionals that he needed an IV injection that was below 100ml]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/23/10/93421073-0-image-a-5_1734949268184.jpg)
Max Purcell (left) has elected to enter a voluntary provisional suspension after he had admitted to violating Anti-doping rules. Purcell made a statement online in which he revealed that he had 'unknowingly' received a transfusion of vitamins above the 'allowable limit'.
