Two years after beating France's Richard Gasquet in an epic fightback at Wimbledon, Britain's Andy Murray has repeated the achievement on the Frenchman's own turf at Roland Garros.
France's Richard Gasquet, who was cleared in December of a doping offence after testing positive for cocaine, has made a winning comeback at the Brisbane Open, defeating Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in the first round.
French tennis player Richard Gasquet (pictured), who tested positive for cocaine in March, has been "exonerated of any fault or negligence" and cleared of any doping offence by the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport).
France's Richard Gasquet faces the prospect of a further ban as he appears before the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday after testing positive for cocaine in March. The 23-year old has already served a two and a half month retroactive ban.
Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (photo) beat his compatriot Richard Gasquet on Thursday for a place in the quarter-finals at the Japan Open 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, who shocked Juan Martin del Potro in the first round, continues his run.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet had to dig deep in his first game since returning from a two-month drug ban, edging Germany's 127th-ranked Michael Berre in three sets in the first round of the Metz tournament.
Third-seed Rafael Nadal easily defeated France's Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-2, 6-3, who had been out of play in a two-month suspension after a testing positive to cocaine. Roger Federer will meet Aussie Leyton Hewitt in the third round.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) and the world anti-doping body, WADA, will appeal against a decision to lift a ban on French tennis star Richard Gasquet, who tested positive for cocaine in March.
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