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Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer has been offered a
wildcard entry into Auckland's ASB Classic in January following a
court injunction suspending her one-year ban for violating
anti-doping rules.
Wickmayer, ranked 16th in the world, and her compatriot Xavier
Malisse were handed down one-year worldwide bans last month for
breaking World Anti-Doping Agency rules by failing to report their
whereabouts for drug testing three times.
However, Wickmayer claimed she was not properly informed of the
online reporting requirements for drug-testing that led to her ban,
and today a Belgian court suspended the original ruling.
ASB Classic tournament director Brenda Perry told NZPA that
following the court's decision Wickmayer had been offered a
wildcard entry to the event.
"We've confirmed that if she's allowed to play we're offering her
the wildcard," Perry said.
"As our entries have closed the only way she could enter would be
via wildcard, and the indication is she wants to play and now we
just have to wait for officials to confirm she is allowed to."
