Marin Cilic’s doping punishment will end up lasting much longer than three months. The ITF announced on Monday that Cilic will be on the sidelines until January 31 of next season.
Initially suspended for three months pending a decision in his doping case, Marin Cilic cannot return to tennis until January 31, 2013. The ITF made its ruling on Monday, announcing that Cilic was found to have the banned substance nikethamide in his system during a test at the BMW Open in Munich this spring.
According to the report, Cilic inadvertently ingested nikethamide when he took Coramine glucose tablets and “did not intend to enhance his performance in doing so.”
The 24th-ranked Croat’s punishment includes a nine-month suspension, back-dated to May 1 when the test was issued. Cilic continued to play until an abrupt withdrawal prior to his Wimbledon second-round match against Kenny De Schepper. He will forfeit all prize money and ranking points accumulated from Munich through Wimbledon.
Read the full ITF decision here.
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