Gasquet's doping suspension lifted

PARIS, July 19 (UPI) -- Frenchman Richard Gasquet has been cleared to return to the men's tennis tour following a suspension for a positive cocaine test, the BBC reported.

Gasquet, 23, was suspended in May after failing a drug test while playing at the Miami Masters, but recently, the International Federation accepted his contention that "the cocaine entered his system through inadvertent contamination in a nightclub."

He said it happened when he kissed a female acquaintance.

"I am really happy, to put it simply, to return to the courts," he told the BBC when the suspension was overturned. "It has been terrible in the last two months (but) justice has been done."

The suspension forced him to miss two recent major tournaments -- the French Open and Wimbledon.

Gasquet has won five events and more than $1 million since he joined the men's tennis tour in 2002.