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Serena Williams not surprised with Agassi's doping disclosure

Updated on: 04 November,2009 07:19 AM IST  | 
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After Andre Agassi's doping disclosure, women's World No 1 Serena Williams refers to the former tennis great as a 'wild child'

Serena Williams not surprised with Agassi's doping disclosure

After Andre Agassi's doping disclosure, women's World No 1 Serena Williams refers to the former tennis great as a 'wild child'




Serena Williams poses for a picture with a fan during a book signing session at Harrods department store in London. Williams was promoting her book titled Serena Williams, My Life, Queen of the Court. pic/afp




Agassi last week revealed in his autobiography he had tested positive for the highly-addictive drug, crystal methamphetamine, in 1997 and then duped the Association of Tennis Professionals into believing he had taken it by accident to escape a ban.

Different character
Williams said: "I was shocked. I was like 'wow,' but he was always a different character and so I wasn't really that shocked because he was kind of a wild child.

"Pete Sampras was more like an arrow and he (Agassi) was a punk rocker kind of guy.

"It was unfortunate for tennis because players in the last six, seven, eight years have been tested all the time. The anti-doping laws are very strict and severe to the point where they recommend you not to take some vitamins because they could be cross-contaminated.

"It is disappointing for tennis because tennis is one of the cleanest sports."

Williams, who claimed the No 1 spot for the fifth time in her career when beating sister Venus in Doha on Sunday, revealed she was tested for drugs on a regular basis.

Serena added: "If a girl played me and I ended up losing a big match and she was taking a performance-enhancing drug that would be very disappointing, but I've never been in a situation like that.

"It's not very good being in the sport and being clean and working so hard and always getting tested and then having someone come into the sport and do that (take enhancing drugs). I think what he (Agassi) was doing would have decreased his performance. The best thing is to say no to drugs, that's my policy. I make that plain and clear."

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