Wimbledon star Mikael Ymer publicizes shock retirement after 18 month ban

Tennis star Mikael Ymer has introduced that he will likely be retiring from the game in a shock announcement made on social media. The Swedish star was not too long ago suspended for 18 months for violating anti-doping guidelines.

In a shock announcement made on Twitter, the 24-year-old wrote: “Hey guys I’ve decided to retire from professional Tennis. Thank you all for the amazing memories! What a ride it’s been! I wish all my old colleagues well going forward in competition. God is Great always.”

Ymer was ranked simply exterior the ATP Top 50 and had hopes of shifting by the ranks earlier than being his with an 18 month ban not too long ago. The ITF (International Tennis Federation) charged the Swede with anti-doping violation after he missed three exams inside the house of a yr.

It was initially dominated that Ymer was not responsible of lacking the third take a look at however an enchantment noticed the world No 51 hit with a big ban – only a day after he secured his first prime 10 win at Wimbledon.

Ymer has insisted that lacking his third take a look at was an harmless mistake all through the ordeal, releasing a prolonged assertion which outlined why he appeared to ‘skip’ the testing. The take a look at was purported to occur while he was competing on the Roanne Challenger, the place he was staying in secondary lodging quite than on the fundamental resort. Ymer then didn’t inform his agent of the change and subsequently it was not logged on the World Anti-Doping Agency system.

The Swedish star had set his availability to 6am-7am on the match however claims that the take a look at handler waited till 6.55am to attempt to conduct the take a look at – realizing that Ymer was elsewhere. He defined: “Upon learning that I wasn’t at the hotel, and despite knowing that a player’s career was on the line, he decided to run down the clock until he called me.

“At my hearing he claimed it was protocol, that he wasn’t obligated to make an effort to contact me until five minutes before my time was up. But at my hearing, my attorney was able to prove that this exact handler had gone out of his way to find a different player at another event, and therefore it is clear that the ‘protocol’ is only applicable if the handler so chooses.”