Martina Hingis backed by Anders Borg ahead of Liverpool International
March 28th, 2008 admin Posted in News |
LIVERPOOL International organiser Anders Borg has defended his decision to invite banned tennis legend Martina Hingis to this summer’s tournament.
The former world number one, 27, retired from tennis last year after testing positive for cocaine and receiving a two-year ban.
But she has strenuously declared her innocence and Borg today backed her stance.
“I am totally comfortable about Martina gracing the Liverpool event,” said Borg. “Of course, she has never taken drugs. Martina took more than 200 drug tests throughout her career and never failed one. To claim that she took drugs actually during the Wimbledon Championship, and not a performance-enhancing drug but a recreational one, is just absurd.
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