Unfortunately that is true.
There have been some leaks that world no.15 Marin Cilic was banned for failing a drug test, and that has been confirmed by his former coach.
Bog Brett, that has coached Cilic from 2004 until this May, said the Guardian that Marin got an over-the-counter supplement without reading the warnings at the BMW Open in Munich in May.
An interesting point: education
Bog had an interesting point about education. In fact, what happened was a bit naïve as “one of the people in his team bought it in a pharmacy – basically what you’ve been reading in the papers. Some people will say he made a mistake. But it was carelessness.”
Some problems has Bog explained “All through the years I’ve always explained the importance of not buying products over the counter because of the risk of contaminated products.
I believe that everything is going to be OK. In a sense they are naive to the risk. The player hopes it’s OK and it’s not. They are then tarnished, sponsors are reluctant to sign them to contracts and promote their products.”
ATP/WTA need to play their part
According to Bog the ATP and WTA need to play also a better game to say “The Tours need to help educate the players and people working with the players of the consequences and risk. Handing someone a pamphlet is like when you get something in the post; it tends not to get read. It has to be drummed into them.”
Apparently Marin is in the list for Montreal where he will be allowed to play.
One thing is clear: they need to counter attack the doping, but they need to do it properly!
