Wickmayer offers wildcard entry to tournament
Published:Monday | December 14, 2009 | 6:19 PM
World Number 16 Yanina Wickmayer has been offered wildcard entry to a WTA tennis tournament in Auckland in January after a Belgian court provisionally lifted her one-year suspension for anti-doping violations.
Belgium\'s Wickmayer and compatriot Xavier Malise received one year bans on November 5 for violating World Anti Doping Agency regulations by failing to report their whereabouts to drug testers.
The International Tennis Federation imposed the bans worldwide.
Lawyers for the 20-year-old Wickmayer argued she was not properly informed of the reporting requirements and today\'s injunction means she is eligible to play immediately.