Australia’s Max Purcell straight back in Davis Cup fold after 18-month anti-doping ban

Dual grand slam doubles champion named after tennis suspension Alex de Minaur leads Australia team to face Poland in tie in Brisbane Max Purcell, the grand slam doubles champion left shattered when having to serve a ban for an anti-doping breach, is back in the Australian tennis fold, selected as part of Lleyton Hewitt’s Davis Cup team to face Poland. The 28-year-old Purcell, who received widespread sympathy throughout tennis from those who felt the 18-month ban was unfair and smacked of double standards, could play his first Davis Cup rubber for two years next week. Continue reading...

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