ATP will not re-open Agassi case

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LONDON (AP) -- ATP chairman Adam Helfant says the tour will not reopen a doping case against Andre Agassi even though he admitted to lying about using crystal meth in 1997.

Agassi revealed in his recent autobiography that he failed a 1997 drug test, a result he says was thrown out after he lied by claiming he "unwittingly" took crystal meth.

Helfant said on Friday the ATP cannot reopen the case since Agassi has retired and no longer plays on the tour.

Helfant says he had a "very frank conversation" with Agassi after the book came out. He said the ATP has also responded to the World Anti-Doping Agency's questions about the case, but that the discussion will remain private.

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