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Italy's Filippo Volandri has been banned for three months after testing positive doping and is ruled out of Australian Open.
The 27-year-old, ranked 109th in the world, blamed his failed test on an inhaler he takes for asthma.
Volandri said he had a medical exemption certificate to use Ventolin, which contains salbutamol, to treat his condition but was deemed to have exceeded his limit.
Volandri, ranked 25th in the world in 2007, had been scheduled to play Croatia's Mario Ancic in the first round at Melbourne Park.
Volandri ban will last until April 14. He will also have to forfeit any prize money and ranking points he earned at the Indian Wells tournament, where he was knocked out in the first round, and in all subsequent tournaments from Aug. 18 when he was informed of the positive test.
He played in six tournaments, principally in Italy, from Aug. 18 and won almost 27,000 dollars, which earned him 90 rankings points.
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