Three former champions, Jack Sock, Steve Johnson, and Fernando Verdasco, received wild card for the 2023 Houston Open. Jack Sock, the 2015 Houston champion, returns to the clay courts with high hopes and an interesting schedule as he's also set to make his professional pickleball debut.
Simona Halep's hopes to overturn her ban and play at the Australian Open (AO) look to be dead in the water - but fellow suspended player Fernando Verdasco will be eligible to compete thanks to a rulebook 'loophole' separating the men's and ladies tours.
Fernando Verdasco was banned for a few months after he failed to extend his medical exemption for the medicine he takes. The Spanish player has been taking Adderal throughout his entire career, and despite the fact that it is typically prohibited, he is permitted to use it as a medication because he has a prescription.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco has accepted a two-month ban from the International Tennis Integrity Agency after he tested positive for methylphenidate at an ATP Challenger event in Rio de Janeiro in February.
Nick Kyrgios does not like Fernando Verdasco and he took a shot at him following his ban from tennis due to doping. The ban due to Verdasco forgetting to renew his medication exemption is not as severe as many people believe it to be lasting only two months but Kyrgios was still quick to react to it.
Former top-10 professional tennis player Fernando Verdasco accepted a voluntary provisional doping suspension of two months after testing positive for a medication for ADHD.
Former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco, now ranked 172nd after a series of injuries, beat Dusan Lajovic 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Tuesday to advance to the Rio Open round of 16, his first win in an ATP 500 competition since 2019.
Spaniard and former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco has said that he wants to sue the French Open over the alleged "false positive" coronavirus test result that caused him to be dropped from this year's tournament.
Spaniard and former top-10 player Fernando Verdasco took to Twitter on Friday to explain that what he believes to be a "false positive" coronavirus test caused him to be dropped from this year's French Open.
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