When a tester does show up unannounced, the scene can play like an episode from a dark thriller. In February of 2009, Andy Murray told reporters in Rotterdam that he had a taste of re-vamped drug-testing rules shortly after he returned home from the Australian Open. When a tester appeared at his home unannounced one morning at 7 a.m., Murray had to produce identification. The agent insisted on watching Murray provide the urine sample—“trousers ’round my ankles,” Murray said—and finally, he insisted that Murray write down his address even though the agent was in the very house.
“These new rules are so draconian that it makes it almost impossible to live a normal life,” Murray said.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is embroiled in a doping controversy of his own. He is adamant about his innocence and said in Melbourne that he is living in constant state of tension over what he’s ingesting. He has been since even before he tested positive.
“I was very, very careful on every single medicine I take, even what I eat,” he said. “When the bottle is open, I throw it away, I take a new one. I was always very, very careful about this stuff.”
