Australia Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt has been handed a two-week suspension for “offensive conduct” after being found guilty of pushing a doping control official, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said on Wednesday.

The former world number one has also been fined $30,000 following an independent tribunal ruling under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.

The ITIA said the 44-year-old was charged in January after he pushed a 60-year-old volunteer anti-doping chaperone following Australia’s Davis Cup semi-final defeat to Italy in Spain two months previously.

Hewitt denied the charge, which was brought by the ITIA following a review of video evidence, witness statements and interviews, citing self-defence.

The case was referred to an independent tribunal and, following a hearing

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