{"id":14019,"date":"2025-07-22T18:20:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14019\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:20:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:20:18","slug":"broken-british-tennis-star-speaks-for-first-time-since-being-handed-four-year-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/14019\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Broken&#8217; &#8211; British tennis star speaks for first time since being handed four-year ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tara Moore has asserted her innocence and slammed the anti-doping system after being issued a four-year ban.<\/p>\n<p>The International Tennis Integrity Agency [ITIA] announced last week that the Court for Arbitration of Sport [CAS] upheld their appeal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moore was given a lengthy ban after a positive doping test\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tara-moore-great-britain-backhands-1011633091.jpg\" data-caption=\"Moore was given a lengthy ban after a positive doping test\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tara-moore-great-britain-backhands-1011633091.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Moore was given a lengthy ban after a positive doping testCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Moore, a nine-time ITF title winner, tested positive for the anabolic steroids boldenone and nandrolone in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CAS upheld the ITIA\u2019s appeal against the first instance No Fault or Negligence ruling with respect to nandrolone,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itia.tennis\/news\/sanctions\/itia-statement-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-upholds-itia-appeal-in-tara-moore-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"a statement read (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a statement read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moore was issued a four-year ban, but this will be reduced by the 19 months she spent provisionally suspended.<\/p>\n<p>This comes despite an independent tribunal ruling in December 2023 that Moore &#8216;no fault or negligence&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And taking to social media, Moore released an emotional statement to hit back at the CAS ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be innocent and to have to prove that is an incredibly gruelling process,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TaraMoore92\/status\/1946952379200418012\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"she said (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">she said<\/a> on X. &#8220;Firstly, you&#8217;re trying to figure out what these things are, secondly, you are figuring out how and why these things got into your system. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you are innocent you don&#8217;t just know straight away. You have to go through everything you&#8217;ve done and eliminate what it can&#8217;t be, until you settle on something it most likely is. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even then, you are presumed guilty and have [to] fight for your life against someone that has more money and resources than you. The last 3 and a half years have broken me into so many pieces. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As my family and friends have scrambled to pick up the broken shards of me, they&#8217;ve glued me back together in the form of a different person. I don&#8217;t need a panel to tell me I&#8217;m innocent. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know the integrity I bring and I know I am innocent. I believe everyone over the past couple of years can see how subjective this process is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moore said the system is 'broken' and is not set to play again until 2028\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tara-moore-great-britain-looks-1011633107.jpg\" data-caption=\"Moore said the system is 'broken' and is not set to play again until 2028\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/tara-moore-great-britain-looks-1011633107.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Moore said the system is &#8216;broken&#8217; and is not set to play again until 2028Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been the underdog. I have had my life as I knew it ripped away from me because the organisations and people in power failed to do what was right. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They may have taken my fight away on the court, yet my fight is not over, not for me or others like me. The anti-doping system is broken. I am proof of this. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to fix it. Not for me as it&#8217;s too late, but for future players who find themselves in this unfortunate situation. I have so much more to say when the time is right. Tara.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moore turned professional in 2010 and achieved a career-high WTA singles ranking of 145 in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Brit is also a former world no. 77 in doubles, winning 17 titles on the ITF circuit, and reached the second round of <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/wimbledon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Moore looks set to return for the beginning of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tara Moore has asserted her innocence and slammed the anti-doping system after being issued a four-year ban. 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