NEW DELHI: Iga Swiatek, the five-time Grand Slam winner from Poland, has been handed a one-month suspension by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ.
The positive test occurred during an out-of-competition drug test in August.
The ITIA accepted Swiatek's explanation that the positive result was unintentional and caused by the contamination of a non-prescription melatonin medication she was taking to address jet lag and sleeping issues. It was determined that her level of fault was "at the lowest end of the range for no significant fault or negligence."
This incident follows another recent high-profile doping case involving Jannik Sinner, the top-ranked men's player, who failed two tests for a steroid in March but was cleared in August before winning the U.S. Open.
Swiatek, currently ranked No. 2, won the French Open in June for her fifth major title and earned a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics in early August. The 23-year-old has formally admitted the anti-doping rule violation and accepted her penalty.
She was provisionally suspended from September 22 to October 4, missing three tournaments during the post-U.S. Open hard-court swing in Asia. After her appeal showed the positive test resulted from contaminated melatonin, the provisional ban was lifted.
Swiatek will serve the remaining eight days of her one-month suspension during a period with no competition and be eligible to return on December 4. Additionally, she has been fined the prize money of $158,944 earned at the Cincinnati Open in August.
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