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2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was banned from playing for four years this week for refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test.
After Vondrousova’s own complaints and an outcry from other players on social media, Catherine Whitaker speaks to Karen Moorhouse - Chief Executive Officer of the International Tennis Integrity Agency - to understand why she was give such a ban, and how and why the system works as it does.
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"Understanding Marketa Vondrousova's four-year ban" is an episode of The Tennis Podcast. Runtime 24 min. Published June 24, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.