SYDNEY :Australian Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has said he will appeal his two-week ban for shoving a doping control official and criticised the process for a "lack of facts".

Hewitt was charged in January for engaging in offensive conduct towards a doping control official after he pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone following Australia's semi-final loss to Italy last November.

The former world number one, who was also fined A$30,000 ($19,803) by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), told reporters on Thursday the matter was now with his lawyers.

"I'm just really disappointed about the overall decision but also the whole process to be honest, and the lack of facts that have been put out," he said ahead of Australia's Davis Cup tie against Belgium.

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