In May of 2009 23rd ranked tennis star, Richard Gasquet, tested positive for cocaine. Gasquet said that he had met a woman named Pamela who he shared a kiss with, the only explanation for the unusual positive result. The International Tennis Federation found that there was no more cocaine than a grain of salt in Gasquet's system and that the typical ban of two years would be excessive. Instead he was given a ban of 2 months and 15 days, ending just before the U.S. Open. His ban was concluded on July 15, 2009. Gasquet just played for the first time in a Major, the U.S. Open, and lost 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.
Sources:
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=4329491
http://www.usopen.org/en_US/index.html
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