It was in July 2023 that Mikael Ymer, Sweden’s best tennis player at the time, was suspended due to a doping violation. He had failed three doping tests in 2021 and was banned for 18 months.
Now the comeback is approaching for the 26-year-old. In mid-January, he can start playing tennis again. Simon Aspelin, sports director for the tennis association, is positive that the star is approaching a comeback.
– He was very involved in us reaching the Davis Cup finals three times. We look forward to having him back. We need to get a better exchange and results, he says in SVT’s broadcast from the Nordic Open in Stockholm.
Watch the interview with Simon Aspelin in the player above about how prepared he thinks Mikael Ymer will be for the comeback.