Davis Cup captain says Rusedski should be cleared on drugs issue

DAVID LLOYD yesterday came out fighting in support of Greg Rusedski and insisted the Association of Tennis Professionals must act on precedent and clear the British number two at his drugs-test tribunal next month.

Rusedski's failed test showed traces of the banned substance nandrolone and he faces a hearing in Montreal on February 9 which could result in a lengthy ban.

But Lloyd, Britain's Davis Cup captain, claims the ATP must base their verdict on the criteria they used last year to clear seven other players.