Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, the most generously compensated lady in games, said on Monday that she fizzled a medication test at the Australian Open because of a substance she has been taking for a long time for wellbeing issues.
The 28-year-old Sharapova, a five-time stupendous pummel champion, will be temporarily suspended beginning March 12, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said.
She is the seventh competitor in a month to test positive for meldonium, which is utilized to treat diabetes and low magnesium, and was just banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) starting first January.
"I committed an immense error. I let my fans down and I let the game down," said Sharapova, an adolescent tennis wonder who turned into the third-most youthful Wimbledon champion. "I assume full liability for it."
"I realize that with this I confront outcomes and I would prefer not to end my profession along these lines. I truly trust that I will be given another opportunity to play this amusement," previous world No.1 Sharapova told a news gathering in a downtown Los Angeles lodging.
The ITF's hostile to doping program requires a four-year suspension for a positive test, yet that boycott can be diminished in different circumstances, for example, for first-time offenses or if the player demonstrates no huge shortcoming or carelessness. On the off chance that a player bears no flaw or carelessness, there is no suspension.
As indicated by Forbes, she earned $29.5 million in 2015, for the most part from supports.
Sharapova said her family specialist had been giving her mildronate, which is likewise called meldonium, for a long time after she as often as possible got to be wiped out, had unpredictable EKG comes about, a magnesium insufficiency and a family history of diabetes.
"It is imperative for you to comprehend that for a long time this pharmaceutical was not on Wada's banned rundown and I had been lawfully taking the medication. Be that as it may, on January the main, the guidelines have changed and meldonium turned into a disallowed substance." The World Anti-Doping Agency, or Wada, declined to remark until ITF issues an official conclusion.
Meldonium is utilized to treat mid-section torment and heart assaults among different conditions, yet a few scientists have connected it to expanded athletic execution and perseverance. It is recorded by Wada among its restricted metabolic modulators, alongside insulin, and a few analysts say it can likewise help recuperation.
It is not affirmed in the United States (US) but rather is accessible in Russia, Latvia and different nations in that locale.
Over the previous month, Russian cyclist Eduard Vorganov, Russian figure skater Ekaterina Bobrova and Ethiopia-conceived competitors Endeshaw Negesse and Abeba Aregawi and Ukraine biathletes Olga Abramova and Artem Tyshchenko have all tried positive for meldonium.
Sharapova is the most conspicuous tennis player to test positive for a banned substance lately.
Croatia's Marin Cilic was banned for nine months in 2013 in the wake of testing positive for a restricted stimulant however the suspension was sliced to four months on offer.
Previous No. 1 Swiss player Martina Hingis resigned in the wake of getting a two-year suspension for a positive cocaine test in 2007 however she denied taking the medication.
A year ago, the game banned US player Wayne Odesnik for a long time after his second doping infringement, testing positive for steroids and other banned substances.
Sharapova is the greatest name in game to test positive since New York Yankees baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez was banned for a year in 2013 in the wake of utilizing execution improving medications and American cyclist Lance Armstrong was banned for life from hustling in 2012 after a US Anti-Doping examination.
Sharapova, a standout amongst the most well known figures in worldwide games, has for some time been a most loved with her supporters.
Beautifying agents producer Avon Products Inc declined to remark on its supports. Nike Inc, the world's biggest footwear creator and another patron, did not promptly react to a solicitation for input.
Steve Simon, CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, said in an announcement he was disheartened to hear the news. "Maria (Sharapova) is a pioneer and I have constantly known her to be a lady of incredible trustworthiness," he said. "By and by, as Maria recognized, it is each player's obligation to comprehend what they put in their body and to know whether it is passable. The WTA will bolster the choices came to through this procedure."
The news came a day after Sharapova's administration group said she was going to make a "noteworthy declaration", which had numerous conjecturing that she was going to report her retirement from expert tennis.
Sharapova, who has battled with a progression of wounds lately, has not contended since she lost to Serena Williams in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January.
Eminent for her never beyond words, a dirty standard amusement and high-decibel screaming, Sharapova at 17 turned into the main Russian lady to win Wimbledon when she beat Serena Williams 6-1 6-4 in 2004 last.
That triumph additionally made her the third-most youthful Wimbledon champion, behind just Lottie Dod and Martina Hingis, and the fourth-most youthful excellent hammer victor in the open period after Hingis, Monica Seles and Tracy Austin.
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