AFP, Milan :
Former French Open finalist Sara Errani was named Wednesday in Italy’s Fed Cup team for their World Group II first round clash against Switzerland after returning from a ten-month doping ban.
Errani, a five-time Grand Slam doubles champion, had her ban for an anti-doping violation increased last June from two to 10 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Errani is eligible to play February 8 and the matches are scheduled for the two following days, February 9-10.
The Italian, a Roland Garros finalist in 2012, was suspended for two months in August 2017 by an independent tribunal of the Italian Tennis Federation after she failed an out-of-competition test, administered at her family home, last February.
Errani said she had consumed letrozole, which can have a “marginal” anabolic effect and mask the use of testosterone, unknowingly when her mother’s cancer medication somehow found its way into a family meal.
