Judy Murray and Jannik Sinner's coach, Darren Cahill, have responded to the International Tennis Integrity Agency's (ITIA) ruling that cleared British tennis player Tara Moore of doping charges. The 31-year-old athlete lost 19 months away from the Tour during the process. Moore achieved her career-best ranking as world No. 145 in 2017, securing 9 ITF titles and reaching the second round at Wimbledon.
Moore was suspended in May 2022 after testing positive for the anabolic steroid boldenone. However, she, along with Chilean player Barbara Gatica, was recently acquitted, with the ITIA stating they "bore no fault or negligence for their adverse analytical findings and are therefore not subject to a period of ineligibility."
Judy Murray, mother of Andy Murray and his former coach, reacts to the decision of the ITIA: "So happy to see Tara Moore cleared by an independent panel after testing positive for anabolic steroids boldenone + nandrolone during WTA Bogotá in April last year. Panel agreed she had consumed contaminated meat + her provisional suspension has been lifted after 19 months."
"Tara had just broken into the top 100 and become the British #1 doubles player. 19 months is a long time to lose at any stage of a player's career, and you can’t put a price on the emotional + financial stress involved in clearing your name," Murray added.
So happy to see Tara Moore 🇬🇧 cleared by an independent panel after testing positive for anabolic steroids boldenone + nandrolone during WTA Bogotá in April last year. Panel agreed she had consumed contaminated meat + her provisional suspension has been lifted after 19 months.
An independent tribunal has determined that tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica bore No Fault or Negligence for their Adverse Analytical Findings. The players are therefore subject to no period of ineligibility.
Tara had just broken into top 100 and become the British #1 doubles player. 19 months is a long time to lose at any stage of a players career and you can’t put a price on the emotional + financial stress involved in clearing your name.
Darren Cahill, the current coach of world No. 4 Jannik Sinner, also emphasized the detrimental impact of the time Tara Moore spent away from tennis on her career. He expressed his concern about the timeline, stating, "This timeline is so bad. It’ll take Tara 18-24 months to recover her rankings if everything goes perfectly. Tennis is a unique sport where we are wiped out & back to zero after 12 months. The @WTA should reinstate her rankings or at the very least provide provisional rankings," Cahill said.
This timeline is so bad. It’ll take Tara 18-24 months to recover her rankings if everything goes perfectly. Tennis is a unique sport where we are wiped out & back to zero after 12 months. The @WTA should reinstate her rankings or at very least provide provisional rankings 🙏
