Predictions for the 2014 tennis season

• Tennis will fall prey to more anti-doping contretemps. This is based more on common sense than a suggestion the sport is a cesspool. But consider the

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• Tennis will fall prey to more anti-doping contretemps. This is based more on common sense than a suggestion the sport is a cesspool. But consider the circumstances: you have an individual enterprise with incentives to cheat, especially when it comes to accelerating recovery. You have more injuries than ever (see below). You have players seeking incremental advantages, reading instructions that are often not in their native tongues. And a banned substance list that includes everything from recreational drugs to anti-hair loss medication.

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Published Dec 27, 2013 | Modified Dec 27, 2013

JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor’s in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City and Paris with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.

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