Players ask CAS to overturn bans

Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to overturn their one-year bans for missing drug tests.

Wickmayer, Malisse taking legal tack

Suspended Belgian 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.

Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer wipes a tear as she addresses the media at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels, Thursday...

Wickmayer not saying if she'll appeal

Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer isn't saying whether she will appeal her one-year suspension for violating anti-doping rules.

Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium hits a return against Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan during WTA Bali Open Tennis...

Andre Agassi, Xavier Malisse and Yanina Wickmayer

Wickmayer, Malisse paying stiff penalty

Andre Agassi's mea culpa 12 years ago was enough to avoid suspension, but two high-profile Belgian stars are proof of today's rigorous drug-testing standards.

ITF chief: Serena faces 'significant' fine

Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation said.

ITF confirms Wickmayer, Malisse bans

The International Tennis Federation has confirmed a one-year suspension for Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse.

Bartoli, Rezai advance in straight sets

Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai had straight-set victories on Saturday to line up an all-French final at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Belgium player Yanina Wickmayer returns against Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki in their semifinal match of the 2009 US Open...

Martinez Sanchez bounces Stosur

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez upset second-seeded Samantha Stosur of Australia 7-6 (4), 7-5 Friday to reach the semifinals of the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions.

Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki returns against Belgium player Yanina Wickmayer in their semifinal match of the 2009 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National...

Draconian anti-doping regulations unreasonable?

...real or imagined drug-using players and doping control officers, we get news that two Belgians, Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, had been slapped with one-year bans from tennis for … Well, for...

Wickmayer plans to appeal

US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer has voluntarily withdrawn from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal.