Wickmayer and Malisse Can Play Again?

According to this article in French. Apparently nothing will be resolved until 2010.

Yanina Wickmayer will need a wildcard to get into the Australian Open according to this article in English.

As the World Turns.

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"We're going to appeal because we still don't have all the elements which will allow us to decide whether a sanction of one year is appropriate. The scale of sanctions (under the world anti-doping Code) is between one and two years. To drop down from two to one year there have to be justifiable elements. We're going to meet the Flemish authorities Friday to see how we can coordinate our actions, and to be consistent in how we approach this case because the athletes seem to want to make it an affair of principles on different levels."

--Olivier Niggli, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) legal director, on why WADA is seeking a tougher penalty against Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse

Wickmayer, Malisse Attack WADA

This could be fun.

Suspended Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities challenging the legality of the whereabouts rules of the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Victory at the European Commission in Brussels and the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights could force WADA to change its rules on when and where athletes can be tested out of competition.

“The indispensable fight against doping is not the issue here. The problem is the lack of proportionality of certain measures,” their lawyer Jean-Louis Dupont told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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Belgian player Xavier Malisse reacts after losing to Spanish player Juan Carlos Ferrero during his singles match at The Aegon Championships tennis tounament at the Queen's Club in west London on June 11, 2009.

Singles - Third Round
[1] A Murray (GBR) d [16] G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 64 64
[2] A Roddick (USA) d [15] L Hewitt (AUS) 76(2) 76(4)
[14] M Youzhny (RUS) d [3] G Simon (FRA) 61 26 62
[6] J Blake (USA) d S Querrey (USA) 64 46 63
[8] M Fish (USA) d [10] F Lopez (ESP) 61 64
[9] I Karlovic (CRO) d [Q] N Mahut (FRA) 63 64
J Ferrero (ESP) d [Q] X Malisse (BEL) 64 76(4)

Doubles - Second Round
S Aspelin (SWE) / P Hanley (AUS) d [1] D Nestor (CAN) / N Zimonjic (SRB) 64 36 10-8
[6] M Melo (BRA) / A Sa (BRA) d I Karlovic (CRO) / L Zovko (CRO) 46 63 10-6
[7] J Coetzee (RSA) / J Kerr (AUS) d J Erlich (ISR) / J Murray (GBR) 63 60
J Benneteau (FRA) / M Llodra (FRA) d [8] S Huss (AUS) / R Hutchins (GBR) 75 62

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Singles - Third Round
(13) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (1) Zheng Jie (CHN) 76(10) 64
(16) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. (3) Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) 67(7) 75 75
(4) Li Na (CHN) d. (15) Aravane Rezai (FRA) 75 64
Sania Mirza (IND) d. (5) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 76(3) 36 62
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. (7) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 61 63
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (14) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 61 64
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Julia Goerges (GER) 76(3) 63
Stefanie Voegele (SUI) d. (WC) Naomi Cavaday (GBR) 64 62

Singles - Second Round
(1) Zheng Jie (CHN) d. Melanie South (GBR) 63 61
(4) Li Na (CHN) d. Jarmila Groth (SVK) 64 26 61
(5) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) d. (WC) Elena Baltacha (GBR)
67(1) 63 76(3)
(7) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) d. Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 61 61
Julia Goerges (GER) d. (8) Sara Errani (ITA) 64 57 75
(13) Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) d. (Q) Chanelle Scheepers (RSA)
67(8) 61 63
(14) Roberta Vinci (ITA) d. (Q) Lilia Osterloh (USA) 64 62
(15) Aravane Rezai (FRA) d. Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 76(12) 36 62
(16) Melinda Czink (HUN) d. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 62 63
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) d. (LL) Michaella Krajicek (NED) 62 64
Maria Sharapova (RUS) d. Alexa Glatch (USA) 63 64
Urszula Radwanska (POL) d. Petra Cetkovska (CZE) 63 75

Doubles - First Round
(1) Black/Huber (ZIM/USA) d. Errani/Kirilenko (ITA/RUS) 64 61
Schiavone/Vinci (ITA/ITA) d. (2) Mattek-Sands/Raymond (USA/USA) 63 63
(3) Chuang/Mirza (TPE/IND) d. King/Senoglu (USA/TUR) 61 75
(4) Kops-Jones/Spears (USA/USA) d. Amanmuradova/Rodionova (UZB/RUS)
62 63
Chan/Yan (TPE/CHN) d. (WC) Borwell/Keothavong (GBR/GBR) 62 64
Czink/Grandin (HUN/RSA) d. Ditty/Gullickson (USA/USA) 62 63
Shvedova/Tanasugarn (KAZ/THA) d. Koryttseva/Poutchek (UKR/BLR) 62 06 119

Suspended due to darkness
Goerges/Parra Santonja (GER/ESP) lead Morita/Sugiyama (JPN/JPN) 76(4) 33

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Singles - Second Round
[2] N Djokovic (SRB) d F Serra (FRA) 57 75 61 - saved 5 M.P.
[7] J Melzer (AUT) d N Kiefer (GER) 61 ret. (abdominal muscle tear)
A Beck (GER) d [LL] L Lacko (SVK) 75 76(5)
[Q] O Rochus (BEL) d P Petzschner (GER) 57 75 62

Doubles - Semi-finals
[WC] A Beck (GER) / M Chiudinelli (SUI) d N Kiefer (GER) / M Zverev (GER) W/O (Kiefer - abdominal muscle tear)

Doubles - Quarterfinals
C Kas (GER) / P Kohlschreiber (GER) d A Clement (FRA) / R Schuettler (GER) 36 61 13-11
[WC] T Haas (GER) / M Kohlmann (GER) d T Berdych (CZE) / D Vemic (SRB) 67(5) 64 10-4
[WC] A Beck (GER) / M Chiudinelli (SUI) d M Gicquel (FRA) / J Tsonga (FRA) 64 16 10-8