Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak mentioned he had failed a drug check, including that he didn’t knowingly take a banned substance and that the information got here as “the biggest shock.”
The 77th-ranked Majchrzak, who received the Challenger Tour occasion in Busan, South Korea in October and reached the semi-finals of an ATP 250 occasion in Pune, India earlier this 12 months, didn’t present additional particulars in regards to the banned substance.
“I have some incredibly sad and difficult news to share with everyone. I have tested positive in anti-doping controls during October and November 2022,” Majchrzak wrote in a put up on Instagram on Thursday.
“Firstly, I’ve by no means, ever, knowingly taken any banned substance. At this second I do not know what has occurred and that is the largest shock.
“I have started the most difficult fight of my life – the fight to prove my innocence and to return to the sport I love.”
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) didn’t instantly reply to an emailed request for remark.
