There are drug cheats in tennis, says Blake

New York: Tennis, like other sports, was bound to have some players using performance-enhancing drugs, American James Blake said on Monday, but he felt authorities were doing all they could to ensure the sport was as clean as possible.

“I’m sure there are guys who are doing it, getting away with it, and getting ahead of the testers,” Blake said after defeating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 7-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 in his first-round match at the US Open.

“It’s unfortunate, but I hope tennis is doing the best job of trying to catch those guys trying to beat the system.”