The five-time Grand Slam champion has served 22 days of a one-month ban from tennis. Here's what you need to know

Iga Swiatek said she spent 70,000 USD and 15,000 EUR on lawyers and experts to clear her name from the doping scandal.

Iga Swiatek honestly confessed that her strong financial status helped her act quickly and hire the best of the best to help her deal with the doping issue but also noted that she didn't regret a bit spending nearly $100k because the most important thing was to clear her name.

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Iga Swiatek is the second high-profile tennis player to test positive for a banned substance this year, joining Jannik Sinner. While Sinner, currently the No. 1 ranked man, was fully cleared, Swiatek, who slid from No. 1 to No. 2 last month, accepted a one-month suspension that was announced Thursday.

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World number two Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine (TMZ).

Former world No 9 Andrea Petkovic praised Iga Swiatek for the way she dealt with her positive doping case, stating she "handled it the best of all the players".

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