PARIS: Belarusian tennis player Sergey Betov has escaped punishment despite testing positive for meldonium, the same substance that has brought a halt to the career of superstar Maria Sharapova.

Betov, 28, failed a drugs test at the Australian Open where he had been playing doubles.

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