Australian player Thomas Fancutt hit with 10-month ban for anti-doping breach over vitamin infusion
A second Australian tennis player in four months was shot with a long suspension to violate the rules of anti-doping on the intravenous vitamin infusion of the sport.
30-year-old Thomas Fantcutt was temporarily suspended in April, but the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) of the sport, this week, a 10-month prohibition of couples-Avustralia was hit with a suspension that ended in January.
In 2022, France shouts his racket during a match against Mirza Basic in Bendigo.Credit: Getty Images
FANCUTE agreed to use a “prohibited method ılan defined by ITIA’s Anti-Doping program. Athletes are allowed to use IV drops, but only when the liquid is under a certain threshold and within a certain period of time.
France’s case, ITIA inspectors, mobile phone, intravenous infusions on the way to justify the ways to discuss the messages that they can justify the ways in April after a 18 -month prohibition of the champion of Australia Max Purcell’i followed.
Two times the Grand Slam champion Purcell used an infusion of more than 500 milliliters by ITIA in December 2023 and used a “prohibited method ..
In the case of FANCUTT, ITIA said that the player received an intravenous infusion on the border adopted in December 2024.
“ITIA sent the player to a potential anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) on March 7, 2025,” the Agency said in a statement. He said.
“On 19 March 2025, the player asked for a voluntary temporary suspended.
“After a complete investigation of the player with the player and interviews with the player, France confessed to the violation and ITIA acknowledged that the violation was not intentional.
