Overview
- Vondrousova, 26, was charged Friday by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, which said an investigation is under way and declined to discuss specifics.
- A doping control officer arrived at her Prague home at about 8:15 p.m. in December, and she refused entry, saying she felt unsafe and that the tester did not properly identify themselves.
- She disclosed medical diagnoses of an Acute Stress Reaction and Generalised Anxiety Disorder and her lawyer says experts confirmed this, arguing the encounter was not standard and that will be her justification.
- Under tennis anti-doping rules, refusing a test without compelling justification can bring up to a four-year suspension, but this charge does not trigger a provisional ban so she remains eligible to compete.
- Out-of-competition tests are allowed outside a player’s declared hour to keep the program unpredictable, and both sides are now exchanging evidence with a hearing expected before the summer; she has not played since January and is on the Madrid Open entry list.