Yanina Wickmayer

Here's the transcript from Yanina Wickmayer's presser today at the Koning Boudewijn Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. Let's hear her side of the story... Welcome, First of all, I would like to thank everyone who is present here today. It is extremely important for me to be able to tell my story. - November and December 2008, I was training in Switzerland. - In January 2009, I was in Australia to prepare myself for the Australian Open. - Because of this, all of the letters that were sent to my...Read Full Story

Court suspends tennis ban for Yanina Wickmayer A Belgian court decided to suspend the one-year doping ban given to Yanina Wickmayer. Wickmayer’s lawyers hopes she can play as soon as possible while she wishes to receive a wild card for the Australian Open 2010 because the chances to get in by raning are already closed. Wickmayer was suspended by a Belgian court last month for breaking World Anti-Doping Agency rules by failing to report their whereabouts for drug testing three times...Read Full Story

Yanina Wickmayer still ineligible to play tennis Yesterday we learn that Yanina Wickmayer’s ban was suspended and today she got an offer to play at the ASB Classic but now the ITF says she is still not eligible to compete. Nick Imison, International Tennis Federation spokesman, said Wickmayer is still banned by the sport’s governing body “until such point that we receive any further communication to suggest otherwise,”. Imison said the ITF is waiting to hear from the Belgian national...Read Full Story

Yanina Wickmayer appeal against doping bans Yanina Wickmayer fell foul of anti-doping regulations and was suspended for 1 year from the Sony ericsson WTA Tour but she has appealed against their one-year ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday. Yaninas was not the only one to receive this punishment, her compatriot Xaviar Malisse has been ban as well. “Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have filed appeals at CAS against decisions taken by the Vlaams Doping Tribunal of...Read Full Story

2009 US Open: Yanina Wickmayer rolls into U.S. Open semis Yanina Wickmayer defeated Ukraine’s Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5 6-4 to advance to the semifinals of the US Open for the first time. Wickmayer admits to being amazed at her run. “Before this, my best result was second round,” she said. “So of course when you get to the third, fourth round, you start surprising yourself. “But actually, I’ve been staying pretty calm. I’ve worked really hard for this.” The rash of upsets among the...Read Full Story