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Players accused of doping offered financial help

Players involved in doping or corruption investigations will be able to receive financial assistance in a new trial launched by the International Tennis Integrity Agency.

Players accused of doping will be able to use the financial support to test products like supplements in a laboratory, or to identify sources of potential meat contamination.

The package also includes a degree of free legal support and confidential third-party counselling.

The relatively speedy outcome to last year's cases involving Grand Slam champions Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek - who served three-month and one-month bans respectively - has been compared to the lengthy legal process faced by Britain's Tara Moore, who has been banned for four years.