Jordan Thompson blasted doubles partner Max Purcell's provisional suspension for breaching anti-doping rules as "a joke" Saturday, saying he was shattered for his fellow Australian. I guess anti-doping has other ideas.

Australia's Jordan Thompson called the ban handed to his U.S. Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell a "joke", questioning what he said was a lack of consistency in punishments for doping violations.

Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for breaching anti-doping rules is “a joke,” Jordan Thompson said yesterday, adding that he was shattered for his fellow Australian and men’s doubles partner. Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Purcell said during the week that he had “unknowingly received an IV infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100ml.

Australian tennis star Jordan Thompson has slammed the doping ban of US Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell.