LONDON, February 18, 2026 (ITIA Media Release)

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) today confirms that tennis players Conner Huertas del Pino (Peru), Mateo Barreiros Reyes (Brazil) and Andrés Urrea (Colombia) are free to return to play following an investigation.

The players provided evidence to satisfy the ITIA that their positive samples for the prohibited substance boldenone, provided at the same competition, came as a result of consuming contaminated meat.

Following an investigation, which included interviews, review of detailed documentation including meal logs and receipts, advice from independent WADA-accredited laboratory scientists, and consideration of three positive tests for the same substance (at low levels) from the same event, the ITIA determined that Huertas del Pino, Barreiros Reyes and Urrea bore No Fault or Negligence for their Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

29-year-old Huertas del Pino, 24-year-old Barreiros Reyes, and 30-year-old Urrea provided in-competition samples while competing in an ATP Challenger event in Bogota, Colombia, on 14 May 2025.

The samples were split into A and B samples and the subsequent analysis found that both samples from each player contained boldenone, which is prohibited under the TADP, in the category of Anabolic Agents (section S1 [1.1] of the 2025 World Anti-Doping Agency Prohibited List). Boldenone is a non-Specified Substance, and none of the players possessed a valid TUE for the substance.

The ITIA sent each player a pre-charge notice of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation on 7 July 2025 under Article 2.1 of the TADP (presence of a Prohibited Substance in a Player’s Sample) and/or Article 2.2 (Use of a Prohibited Substance without a valid Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE)).

Findings for non-Specified Substances carry a mandatory provisional suspension – effective in each player’s case from 7 July 2025. Players have the right to apply to the Chair of the Independent Tribunal to lift their provisional suspensions. None of the players have made such an application.

Since then, the players obtained further evidence and documentation in support of their case – which included detailed receipts, and information on the source of meat consumed during the period in question.

The ITIA conducted its own parallel investigation into the circumstances, and the explanation and evidence, was verified as plausible by independent scientific experts.

Following precedent in similar recent cases from both tennis and other World Anti-Doping Code-compliant sports, the ITIA issued decisions of No Fault or Negligence. The players are free to return to play.

To read the Huertas del Pino decision in full, click here.

To read the Barreiros Reyes decision in full, click here.

To read the Urrea decision in full, click here.