New Delhi: Aryaan Bhatia became the first Indian tennis player to fail a dope test and has been put under provisional suspension, the National Anti-Doping Agency said today. The 16-year-old Bhatia’s urine sample was taken during the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship held here in last October. NADA had collected samples for the first time from tennis players during the championship. All India Tennis Association Secretary Hironmoy Chatterjee claimed it was a case of ignorance and the banned substance had entered into Aryaan’s system through a medicine prescribed by a doctor. — PTI
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