A U.S. court has dismissed a £15 million ($20 million) lawsuit filed by British tennis player Tara Moore against the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) over a doping case that led to a four-year ban. Moore, 34, argued that the WTA did not warn players about the risk of eating contaminated meat during a tournament in Colombia. The U.S. District Court in New York ruled that Moore’s motion to challenge the case should be dismissed, effectively ending the legal battle. Moore, who has consistently denied intentionally using performance-enhancing drugs, described the situation as a "nightmare" and said it exposed weaknesses in tennis’s anti-doping system. In April 2022, Moore tested positive for two banned substances, nandrolone and boldenone, at a WTA 250 event in Bogota. An independent tribunal later concluded that the positive test was due to contaminated meat, finding Moore not at fault. However, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) appealed this decision. In 2023, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a respected international sports tribunal, ruled in favor of the ITIA, and Moore was banned from competition until 2028. In response, Moore took her case to the American Arbitration Association, claiming the WTA failed to warn players about the risk of eating meat in Colombia. An arbitrator upheld the CAS decision, dismissing Moore’s case against the WTA. Moore then appealed to a U.S. district court, arguing she was denied a fair hearing. In her motion, Moore sought $20 million in compensatory damages, accusing the WTA of ignoring a known risk and then blaming her for its own negligence. However, on Friday, U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter ruled that Moore’s legal challenge was not justified. The WTA and ITIA have not yet commented on the court’s decision.