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.

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.

Australia's Jordan Thompson called the ban handed to his U.S. Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell a "joke", questioning what he said was a lack of consistency in punishments for doping violations.

Australian tennis star Jordan Thompson has slammed the doping ban of US Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell.