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Puerta loses to unseeded Baghdatis in Japan

Associated Press

Thursday, October 6, 2005

TOKYO -- Argentina's Mariano Puerta remained defiant Thursday, a day after being accused of doping by French sports newspaper L'Equipe. The newspaper reported Wednesday that Puerta tested positive for a banned drug following his loss at the French Open final and faces a possible life ban for a second doping offense. The top-seeded Puerta was upset in the third round of the Japan Open on Thursday by unseeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-2, 6-7(11), 7-5. After the match, Puerta reiterate ...

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