What is the one-month ban for?
Iga Swiatek tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ) in an out-of-competition urine sample taken on 12 August, three days before her first match at the Cincinnati Open. She received notification of the anti-doping rule violation on 12 September.
What is the substance and how serious an offence is this?
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) does not consider this a serious offence. TMZ is a drug primarily used as heart medication and has been involved in several high-profile doping cases. However, the ITIA ruled Swiatek did not intentionally take the banned substance and that her level of fault in the positive test was the "lowest end of the range" for no significant fault or negligence.
The ITIA accepted the positive test was caused by the contamination of the non-prescription medication Swiatek had been taking - melatonin - to address jet lag and sleep problems. Melatonin is a regulated medication in Poland.
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