Wickmayer and Malisse appeal

LONDON: Belgian tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse, who both fell foul of anti-doping regulations, appealed against their one-year bans to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Wednesday.

"Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse have filed appeals at CAS against decisions taken by the Vlaams Doping Tribunal of Gand, Belgium, in which they were found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation," a CAS statement said.

Wickmayer, a US Open semifinalist this year, was suspended after breaking the controversial whereabouts rule - that requires players to notify their country's doping agency where they can be reached on a daily basis - three times.