Australia's Jordan Thompson called the ban handed to his U.S. Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell a "joke", questioning what he said was a lack of consistency in punishments for doping violations.

Jordan Thompson blasted doubles partner Max Purcell's provisional suspension for breaching anti-doping rules as "a joke" Saturday, saying he was shattered for his fellow Australian. I guess anti-doping has other ideas.

Jordan Thompson has slammed doubles partner and fellow Australian Max Purcell’s provisional suspension for unwittingly breaching the sport’s anti-doping rules as “a joke”.

Australian tennis star Jordan Thompson has slammed the doping ban of US Open-winning doubles partner Max Purcell.