However, the three-time Grand Slam finalist has since backtracked on his comments as he told Express Sport that the current scheme was crucial in catching cheaters. “I’m not against whereabouts at all, it’s a fair system and it’s the only thing or it’s the best way to do it. There’s got to be an element of surprise, that’s the idea,” the former No 2 explained.
“You should never be able to prepare for a doping test, that’s the idea, and that’s the best way to do it because then you will catch cheaters. I’m totally for it, I’m just saying that I can recognise certain situations that it can be a little difficult because it is sometimes easy to forget one hour of your day every single day for a year, things can change.”
Ruud also confessed that his previous comments were an exaggeration and continued: “I’ve just come up with certain examples of my own where it has been a little bit tough and sometimes you feel like you’re living under overwatch in a way, maybe prison is exaggerating but that was the word I used back in summer.