Former World No 1 tennis player Lleyton Hewitt was suspended for two weeks for pushing a 60-year-old anti-doping official.

The two-time Grand Slam champion is accused of pushing the anti-doping chaperone after Australia's semifinal loss to Italy last November.

The 44-year-old Hewitt denied the charge after a review of video evidence, witness statements and interviews.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency said the sanction will be in effect from September 25 until October 7. During the period of suspension, Hewitt will be barred from coaching, mentoring, playing, captaincy and other tennis-related activities.

Australia will play Belgium in Sydney between September 13 and 14 for a place in the last eight of the Davis Cup Finals. Hewitt won the US Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2002.

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