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.

Australian doubles star Max Purcell has voluntarily accepted a provisional suspension after admitting to a breach of doping rules in a medical clinic blunder.

Jordan Thompson has slammed doubles partner and fellow Australian Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for unwittingly breaching the sport’s anti-doping rules as “a joke”.

The doping ban of Australia’s two-time doubles grand-slam winner Max Purcell has been described as “a joke” by his furious US Open-winning partner Jordan Thompson. The 26-year-old Purcell was provisionally suspended over an alleged violation of tennis ’s anti-doping program.

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