2016
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Venus Williams
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Kiki Bertens
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Angelique Kerber
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Maria Sharapova
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Detailed explanation-1: -A drug test Sharapova took during the event later came back positive for the banned substance meldonium. The international Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced tennis star Maria Sharapova’s two-year doping ban to 15 months.
Detailed explanation-2: -Simona Halep: Former world No. 1 suspended after testing positive for banned substance | CNN.
Detailed explanation-3: -Q: Why was it banned? A: The World Anti-Doping Agency said in September 2015 that meldonium would be banned as of Jan. 1, 2016, and published information on its website.
Detailed explanation-4: -The five-time Grand Slam winner, 29, was initially banned by the International Tennis Federation for two years after testing positive for meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open.
Detailed explanation-5: -The ITIA said the player, who will not be named because of their age, had tested positive for Meldonium – a metabolic modulator – at a tournament in January. The statement said the player had admitted to a breach of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP) rules.