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Sharapova should be punished –Nadal

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Spanish tennis star, Rafael Nadal has called for sanctions for Maria Sharapova following the Russian star’s shock
announcement of drug use.

Nadal said that despite it being a mistake, Sharapova should be punished.

“It is difficult to imagine that something like this can happen. But mistakes happen,” he told AFP. “She should be punished.

“I want to believe it is a mistake for Maria. She didn’t want to do it. But obviously it is negligence. She must pay for it.”

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And he responded to his own doping rumors which he has grown tired of.

“I have never had the temptation of doing something wrong. I am very far from that, doping,” he said.

“I am a completely clean guy. I worked so hard during my career that when I get injured I never take nothing to be back quicker.

“I heard it a few times again about doping from my person and I am a little bit tired with that,” Nadal said, adding that he sees himself as an ambassador for tennis and wouldn’t tarnish his image as a role model for young players.

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