IndiaAIFounders — Australia’s Max Purcell straight back in Davis Cup fold after 18-month anti-doping ban

Australia’s Max Purcell straight back in Davis Cup fold after 18-month anti-doping ban

September 10, 2026 at 03:23 AM

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Max Purcell, the grand slam doubles champion left shattered when having to serve a ban for an anti-doping breach, is back in the Australian tennis fold, selected as part of Lleyton Hewitt’s Davis Cup team to face Poland.

The 28-year-old Purcell, who received widespread sympathy throughout tennis from those who felt the 18-month ban was unfair and smacked of double standards, could play his first Davis Cup rubber for two years next week.

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