A low-positioned American tennis player who played for the College of North Carolina has been suspended for a very long time subsequent to testing positive for maryjane at the ATP Challenger competition, the Global Tennis Honesty Organization said on Tuesday.

As per the ITIA, Casey Kaniya’s in-rivalry pee test contained marijuana in August 2023 in Cary, NC, and she lost in the duplicates quarterfinals. As indicated by the ATP site, he is a 21-year-old tennis player with a profession high duplicates positioning of 1317 and tennis profit of US$482.

The visit’s site shows that its positioning focuses and its all prize cash were all procured during the lower-level competition in Cary. — and all that he gathered there must now be surrendered, ITIA said.

As a school sophomore at UNC last year, Kania got an at-large bid to the NCAA Duplicates Title and lost in the round of 32, as per the school’s group site.

The London-based ITIA said in an explanation on Tuesday that Kania had neglected to show that he was not at real fault for bad behavior, however the office acknowledged that the player had “not resolutely disregarded” the game’s enemy of doping program. That was the justification behind the two-year boycott, ITIA said; resolute infringement is deserving of four years’ suspension.

Kaniya’s resistance period started on February 2, when the ITIA choice was given, and will end on February 1, 2026. His outcomes, prize cash and positioning focuses from the Cary competition and all ensuing competitions will be voided. .

During such suspension, the player is disallowed from playing on the court — or in any event, joining in — Any tennis occasion endorsed by the ATP Men’s Expert Visit, the WTA Ladies’ Visit, the Global Tennis Alliance, or the host associations of the four Huge homerun competitions.