A tennis player who blamed a tainted kiss for a failed drug test received a four-year suspension on Friday.

Venezuela's Goncalo Oliveira, 30, who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour, was originally suspended in January after testing positive for a banned methamphetamine at a November event in Manzanillo, Mexico.

Friday's suspension, issued by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, includes credit for his time on provisional suspension. Oliveira is eligible to return in January of 2029.

Oliveira denied taking the drug and presented a witness statement from the woman involved in the incident at his hearing with an independent tribunal.

The woman testified that she met Oliveira at a bar in Manzanillo and they kissed after she had "consumed a pill which made me feel euphoria, agitation

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