Mikael Ymer banned for 18 months by CAS

Swedish tennis player Mikael Ymer has been banned from competition for 18 months.

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Mikel Ymer was banned for missing three out-of-competition doping tests in a 12-month period.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport made the decision after partially upholding an appeal by the International Tennis Federation.

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Ymer tweeted, "Having already been acquitted once, and wholeheartedly stand by the fact that I do not think a third offense was committed."

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Yammer added that "besides that, I find it difficult to understand that he found an 18-month suspension an appropriate punishment."

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The charge was initially imposed by the ITF in January 2022 after his third base infringement at a Challenger tournament in France last November.

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Yammer acknowledged the failures of his first two bases.

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But Pazeer replied that in the third time he had changed the hotel but his agent had not done the necessary update.

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Despite the ITF's appeal, CAS imposed a slightly shorter ban of 18 months.

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