THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BRUSSELS, Belgium — U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer is unlikely to face a suspension for allegedly failing to report her whereabouts to anti-doping officials three times.
The prosecutor at a Belgian anti-doping tribunal on Thursday called only for a warning in principle.
The tribunal will rule on the case on Nov. 5.
Wickmayer has insisted she never missed an anti-doping test and her samples were always negative.
"The prosecutor wants to show something was wrong but he is not calling for a suspension," said Wickmayer’s spokesman Rudi Kuyl.
The 20-year-old Wickmayer has said she had trouble with her password in the computerized system overseen by the World Anti-Doping Agency. She also said registered mail at her home could not be signed off on since she was travelling to WTA tournaments.
Wickmayer was not at the hearing in Belgium, as she’s playing in the Luxembourg Open this week. After the Belgian won her second tournament of the year in Linz, Austria, last week, the 20th-ranked player advanced to the quarter-finals in Luxembourg on Thursday.