‘I Don’t Have Any Empathy’ – American Tennis Star Blasts Rafael Nadal’s Veteran Compatriot for Getting Caught in Doping

Fernando Verdasco, a veteran compatriot of Rafael Nadal, recently got a provisional ban of two months after he tested positive for a banned substance because of ADHD medication. However, American tennis player Reilly Opelka has some different views about the issue. He is of the opinion that why did not a lot of tennis players take medications when they were young.

Consequently, he continued to focus on how it was still a performance-enhancing medicine.

However, fans have pointed out that ADHD remained highly undiagnosed because of various reasons and that prevented a lot of them from getting those medicines prescribed when they were young.

Reilly Opelka shuts down ‘medication’ reason for the provisional ban of Rafael Nadal’s compatriot

The American tennis player might not be active on the court. However, he has some strong points of view on what is happening on the court. Recently he commented on the prevailing ruling on Fernando Verdasco, the veteran compatriot of Rafael Nadal.

He questioned the intention of the Spanish player in taking ADHD-diagnosed medicine containing methylphenidate.

Furthermore, he also made it clear that he considers the usage of such substances as doping intentionally, as it works as a performance-enhancing substance.

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2009 Australian semi-finalist who reached his career-best ranking of world no. 9 is currently a world no. 125. He tested positive for the banned substance in an ATP Challenger tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

What is the take of the testing agency? 

The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced that the Spanish player has accepted his provisional two-month ban after he tested positive for the banned substance.

However, it also acknowledged that the player took the substance inadvertently because of his ADHD medication. And the main issue was that he had forgotten to renew his Therapeutic Usage Exemption (TUE).

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Some fans have raised this issue. The player was aware of the medicines he was taking and still he took the medication. This raises the issue of the player’s credibility in taking the medication in the first place. All in all, what do you think about the whole issue? Please let us know in the comments below.