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Richard Gasquet holds on to top David Ferrer in U.S. Open quarterfinals

In 2009, after testing positive for cocaine, he missed the French Open and Wimbledon while serving a suspension that was reduced to 2 1/2 months on appeal. An
Richard Gasquet holds on to top David Ferrer in U.S. Open quarterfinals
Richard Gasquet holds on to top David Ferrer in U.S. Open quarterfinals

In 2009, after testing positive for cocaine, he missed the French Open and Wimbledon while serving a suspension that was reduced to 2 1/2 months on appeal. An appeals panel accepted Gasquet's explanation that the drug inadvertently entered his system when he kissed a woman in a Miami nightclub hours after withdrawing from that city's tournament because of an injury.