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    Capriati slams Maria Sharapova after positive drug test


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    In a series of angry tweets, Capriati described herself as "disappointed", and called for Sharapova to be stripped of her titles.

    Jennifer Capriati pulled no punches in her critique of Maria Sharapova.
    Jenifer Capriati
    "I had to lose my career and never opted to cheat no matter what. I had to throw in the towel and suffer," she wrote.
    "I didn't have the high priced team of [doctors] that found a way for me to cheat and get around the system and wait for science to catch up".
    Capriati appeared to defend herself from backlash she received from her comments, but her position did not change.
    "What's the point of someone taking a heart medicine that helps your heart recover faster unless you have a heart condition? Is that accurate," she asked.
    "In my opinion [if] its all true every title should be stripped. This is other people's lives as well."
    Capriati is no stranger to controversy herself. She was arrested for shoplifting in Florida in 1993, early in her tennis career. She was arrested again in 1994 for marijuana possession. She also spent time in rehab in 1994.
    She returned to tennis a few years later and went on to win the Australian Open in 2001 and 2002, as well as the 2001 French Open, before retiring in 2004.
    She also made headlines after her retirement, accused by former boyfriend Ivan Brannan of punching him in 2013, and stalking him for months before that. The charges were dropped and Capriati served community service.
    In contrast to Capriati's outburst, high-profile former tennis official Richard Ings praised the "brilliant presser by Sharapova. That's the play book if you ever face a positive drugs test. Transparent and sorry."
    Australian Rennae Stubbs admitted to being "absolutely shocked", while former great Martina Navratilova, who first spotted the six-year-old Sharapova at a tennis clinic in Sochi, tweeted: "Hold your horses everyone - about Maria - I don't have all the facts, I hope it's an honest mistake, stuff was legal as far as I know till 2015."
    American Brad Gilbert as among those "stunned" that no-one of Sharapova's team checked the updated WADA list, as "players are responsible but this is big time oversight on team as well".

    Former US Davis Cup captain Patrick McEnroe also voiced his opinion on Twitter, saying "Meldonium is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in the United States. It can increase 'physical work capabilities'".
    "Doesn't look that innocent for Sharapova or whoever else took it, this Meldonium stuff but who knows," Australia No.104 Matt Ebden tweeted.
    Former British No.1 Andrew Castle agreed. "Hold on. This is weird. Wada issue their list of banned substances and you don't look? Nor do management?"
    Tennis coach Judy Murray, mother of player Andy, had her own critique of Sharapova's press conference.


    “If I was going 2 announce my retirement, it wouldn’t b in a downtown Los Angeles hotel with a fairly ugly carpet." Sharapova. Standards
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