2024 U.S. Open men’s doubles champion Max Purcell has admitted breaking anti-doping rules and has been provisionally suspended from tennis while under investigation.

The doping ban of Australia’s two-time doubles grand-slam winner Max Purcell has been described as “a joke” by his furious US Open-winning partner Jordan Thompson. The 26-year-old Purcell was provisionally suspended over an alleged violation of tennis ’s anti-doping program.

Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for breaching anti-doping rules is “a joke,” Jordan Thompson said yesterday, adding that he was shattered for his fellow Australian and men’s doubles partner. Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Purcell said during the week that he had “unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100ml.

Tennis star Jordan Thompson has slammed the provision suspension doubles partner and fellow Australian Max Purcell received for unwittingly breaching the sport’s anti-doping rules.