The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that an independent tribunal has cleared tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica of any fault or negligence related to their Adverse Analytical Findings, ruling that they will not face any period of ineligibility. Despite the favorable outcome, Tara Moore has already lost a year and a half of her career. Critics have highlighted the lengthy timeline and suggested that it could take Moore 18-24 months to recover her rankings. There are calls for the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) to provide Moore with a protected or at least provisional ranking to aid in her comeback.
This timeline is so bad. It’ll take Tara 18-24 months to recover her rankings if everything goes perfectly. Tennis is a unique sport where we are wiped out & back to zero after 12 months. The @WTA should reinstate her rankings or at very least provide provisional rankings 🙏 https://t.co/wYpjmsQAq3
Excellent news but it’s unforgivable that they took so long to resolve this. They talk about “no period of ineligibility” but no apology to @TaraMoore92 for not having been able to play for the last year and a half and no protected ranking to at least start to make up for it. https://t.co/NQrM92DeOA
Tough scene this. Tara Moore has missed a year and a half of her career. https://t.co/p7hnPZHAsr
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms an independent tribunal has determined that tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica bore No Fault or Negligence for their Adverse Analytical Findings and are therefore not subject to a period of ineligibility.
An independent tribunal has determined that tennis players Tara Moore and Barbara Gatica bore No Fault or Negligence for their Adverse Analytical Findings. The players are therefore subject to no period of ineligibility.