Former top 10 men's player Richard Gasquet was cleared to return to the ATP tour after a panel put together by the International Tennis Federation to hear Gasquet's appeal ruled that he inadvertently took cocaine while kissing a woman in a nightclub.

Gasquet, currently ranked 32nd, is eligible to return to the tour immediately. There have been no reports of where Gasquet plans on playing between now and the U.S. Open but Pilot Pen officials plan on getting in contact with Gasquet's representatives.

Speaking of the Pilot Pen, rising American teens Christina McHale and Sloane Stephens, who made some news recently by beating Venus Williams in a World Team Tennis singles match, have expressed interest in receiving qualifying wild cards into the Pilot Pen. McHale played in the Pilot Pen qualifier last year after winning the women's open division of the Yale Summer Championships to earn the wild-card spot which goes to the winner. She went on and not only won the Australian Open juniors girls' doubles title but won a play-in tournament to earn a spot in the main draw of the Australian Open singles tournament.

PAIGE REACHES FINALS
Hopkins rising sophomore Nolan Paige recently reached the finals of the Boys' 16 doubles National Opens in Allenwood, N.J. Paige of Fairfield teamed with Aaron Revzin of Needham, Mass. to take out the No. 1 and 3 seeded teams before losing to the unseeded team of Michael Reilly of Raleigh, N.C. and Max Schnur of Richmond, Va. in the finals. Paige also reached the quarterfinals in singles before losing to Andrew Adams of South Richmond Hill, N.Y.