Tara Moore is Britain’s highest-ranked doubles player
(Picture: PA)British tennis player Tara Moore has protested her innocence after being provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test.
Moore, Britain’s top-ranked doubles star, tested positive for Nandrolone metabolites and Boldenone, both prohibited substances according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), at the Copa Colsanitas Open in Bogota, Colombia in April.
The 29-year-old was handed a provisional suspension by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) that began on May 27 and she now has the opportunity to request that her B sample is analysed.
Moore is one of Britain’s top doubles specialists and currently has a career-high ranking of 83. She has won a total of 26 titles on the ITF Women’s World Tennis Tour, 17 in doubles and nine in singles competition.
— Tara Moore (@TaraMoore92) June 8, 2022
Taking to social media after details of the failed test and ban emerged, Moore insisted she had never knowingly taken a banned substance in her career.
“I am investigating how the positive result could have occurred and look forward to proving that I am a clean athlete,” she said.
“I am deeply saddened by the provisional suspension and hope to be back on the court as soon as possible.”
