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November 20, 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro will play at next year's Queen's Club tournament in an effort to improve his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon.

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Banned Belgians Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer officially filed appeals for their one year suspensions to the Court Of Arbitration for Sport today, however both players could likely miss the first three months of the 2010 season even if their appeals are successful.

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Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

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Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer says she was never properly informed of the online reporting requirements for drug-testing that led to her one-year ban from the sport.

World number two Rafael Nadal said on Tuesday tennis was free of doping and repeated his view that the testing procedures were too tough.

Andre Agassi's life became quite literally an open book Monday with the formal release of his autobiography.

The governing body of women's tennis would like to see the World Anti-Doping Agency revise its 'whereabouts rule' to give players more flexibility when they are competing.

Players have called on the International Tennis Federation to make changes to their dope testing rules in the wake of bans handed out to two Belgian players who missed tests.

The International Tennis Federation released a statement today on Xavier Malisse's one-year suspension for missing a drug test earlier this year.

The anticipated reprimand was replaced by a one-year ban today. A pair of Belgian players - US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer and former Wimbledon semifinalist Xavier Malisse - were hit with with one-year bans by the Flemish Doping Tribunal for failing to comply with doping regulations, the Belga news agency and AFP reported.

U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer was suspended for one year by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal Thursday, accused of failing to report her whereabouts to drug-testing officials three times.

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BELGIUM'S Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse will not face suspensions despite falling foul of drug-testing rules.

A pair of Belgian players - US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer and former Wimbledon semifinalist Xavier Malisse - have been ordered to appear before Belgian's anti-doping commission for violating the commission's whereabouts policy, Belgian news agency Belga reports, in comments republished by Reuters.

Belgian U.S. Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer and compatriot Xavier Malisse must appear before a Belgian anti-doping commission after violating its rules, Belgian news agency Belga reported on Thursday.

The contrasts could hardly be greater as Britain face Poland at the Echo Arena in Liverpool in the Davis Cup this weekend.

Results Saturday from the Davis Cup World Group playoff between Belgium and Ukraine on clay at the Spiroudome : Belgium 2, Ukraine 1 Doubles Sergei Bubka and Sergey Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def.