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LONDON — American tennis player Jenson Brooksby has been given an 18-month suspension after an independent tribunal determined he missed three drug tests over the course of a year. The International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday that Brooksby accepted that his "whereabouts failures" for two of the missed tests "were valid" and the tribunal found his degree of fault for the other test "was high." Under antidoping rules, athletes can be penalized without a positive test if they have three "whereabout failures" within a year's span. Brooksby accepted a provisional suspension in July, so his ban will be backdated to then and end on Jan. 4, 2025. He can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
