Former British tennis participant and Madison Keys’ buddy Laura Robson reveals the American tennis star was doping examined on the identical night of her Australian Open victory.
10 days in the past, the 29-year-old grew to become the primary participant since 2022 to beat Aryna Sabalenka in Melbourne after registering a 6-3 2-6 7-5 win.
For Keys, it was simply considered one of her a number of large wins at this 12 months’s Australian Open as she additionally beat Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Elina Svitolina and Danielle Collins en path to successful the title.
And shortly after her extremely spectacular Australian Open run got here to an finish, the brand new world No. 7 was met by the anti-doping authorities, who wished her to supply a pattern to be examined.
Robson: After giving interviews and all that stuff, Keys was doping examined
“There have been so many commitments. To be trustworthy, I did not know that there have been that many commitments as a result of she went and did all of the TV stuff immediately,” the previous British tennis star informed Categorical-Sport.
“Then she got here again, then had anti-doping, which is only a spanner within the works, since you simply do not understand how lengthy it may take you to want to go!
“After which needed to do all of the press convention and the whole lot, so, yeah, I feel we ended up leaving round 2 within the morning.”
Over the past six months, there was a variety of speak in regards to the anti-doping programme in tennis.
Within the aftermath of the Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek instances, a number of gamers publicly got here out and revealed that they often meet the anti-doping officers.
With that being mentioned, it should not be shocking that Keys was examined shortly after the largest win of her profession.
In the meantime, the American tennis star was slated to return to motion subsequent week in Doha however she has withdrawn from the event as a result of she feels she wants extra relaxation.
