Korda in drug shock
PETR KORDA, the Australian Open champion, was yesterday stripped of the prize-money and world ranking points he accrued at Wimbledon after testing positive for anabolic steroids in July. PETR KORDA, the Australian Open champion, was yesterday stripped of the prize-money and world ranking points he accrued at Wimbledon after testing positive for anabolic steroids in July.
An appeals committee established that Korda, 30, had breached the sport's anti-doping programme. However, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) took account of the ``exceptional circumstances`` in that Korda ``did not know he had taken the relevant substance.''
