2 minutes ago 2009-12-04T01:28:01-08:00
NUSA DUA, Indonesia - US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer has voluntarily withdrawn from the ongoing Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions after receiving a one-year suspension by a Belgian anti-doping tribunal.
First alternate Vera Dushevina of Russia takes the third-seeded Wickmayer's place in the draw on the resort island of Bali, and meets Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues in round-robin play later Friday.
The 20-year-old Wickmayer was suspended Thursday for failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times. She has denied any wrongdoing and said on her website she planned to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
