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ATP will not reopen Agassi doping case

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LONDON (AP) The ATP Tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.

Agassi revealed in his recent autobiography that he failed a 1997 drug test, a result he says was thrown out after he lied by claiming he "unwittingly" took crystal meth.

However, ATP chairman Adam Helfant said on Friday that there was no way to sanction the American retroactively since he has retired from tennis.

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Rank Player Points
1 Roger Federer 10150
2 Rafael Nadal 9205
3 Novak Djokovic 7910
4 Andy Murray 6630
5 Juan Martin del Potro 5985
6 Andy Roddick 4410
7 Nikolay Davydenko 3630
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