Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for breaching anti-doping rules is “a joke,” Jordan Thompson said yesterday, adding that he was shattered for his fellow Australian and men’s doubles partner. Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Purcell said during the week that he had “unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100ml.

Jordan Thompson has slammed doubles partner and fellow Australian Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for unwittingly breaching the sport’s anti-doping rules as “a joke”.

Australia's Jordan Thompson called the ban handed to his U.S. Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell a "joke", questioning what he said was a lack of consistency in punishments for doping violations.

Australian tennis star Jordan Thompson has slammed the doping ban of US Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell.