Puerta non molla!
Inviato: 14/10/2005 - 10:09
un pò di info dalla Reuters:
DOPING ROW
Attention will also be focused on Mariano Puerta, who lost to Nadal in the French Open final.
The Argentine has become embroiled in another doping row after French newspaper L'Equipe reported he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at Roland Garros.
Puerta, who failed a drugs test two years ago, has denied the reports saying that the only product he took were anti-inflammatory tablets for a sore leg and he insists that he will not to let the matter distract him.
"My aim now is to qualify for the Masters Cup," he told the Clarin newspaper this week. "I need to play some good tournaments and am aiming to stay ahead of Nikolay Davydenko (in the ATP Race) so I can get to Shanghai."
Two further controversies that are likely to re-emerge during the tournament are the row over the status of the doubles and the decision to continue using models as ball girls for the leading televised matches.
Organisers were reluctantly forced to back track on their decision to ditch the doubles, a move they had taken to show support for the ATP against players who had taken out a law suit against the body for eroding the discipline's standing in the sport.
But they have stuck to their policy of using the female models despite the criticisms levelled at the measure when it was introduced last year.
DOPING ROW
Attention will also be focused on Mariano Puerta, who lost to Nadal in the French Open final.
The Argentine has become embroiled in another doping row after French newspaper L'Equipe reported he had tested positive for a banned stimulant at Roland Garros.
Puerta, who failed a drugs test two years ago, has denied the reports saying that the only product he took were anti-inflammatory tablets for a sore leg and he insists that he will not to let the matter distract him.
"My aim now is to qualify for the Masters Cup," he told the Clarin newspaper this week. "I need to play some good tournaments and am aiming to stay ahead of Nikolay Davydenko (in the ATP Race) so I can get to Shanghai."
Two further controversies that are likely to re-emerge during the tournament are the row over the status of the doubles and the decision to continue using models as ball girls for the leading televised matches.
Organisers were reluctantly forced to back track on their decision to ditch the doubles, a move they had taken to show support for the ATP against players who had taken out a law suit against the body for eroding the discipline's standing in the sport.
But they have stuck to their policy of using the female models despite the criticisms levelled at the measure when it was introduced last year.
