The anticipated reprimand was replaced by a one-year ban today.

A pair of Belgian players — US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer and former Wimbledon semifinalist Xavier Malisse — were hit with with one-year bans by the Flemish Doping Tribunal for failing to comply with doping regulations, the Belga news agency and AFP reported.

Both players can appeal the suspensions and both are expected to file appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Both Wickmayer and Malisse were expected to be reprimanded by the Flemish Doping Tribunal, but were suspended instead.

The Flemish regional tribunal described the punishment  as "reasonable", according to the Associated Press. Tribunal spokesman Koen Uman told the AP the suspension takes immediate effect, but Wickmayer can appeal the decision.

The World Anti-Doping Agency's whereabouts rules state athletes much inform authorities of their whereabouts between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. each day for a three-month period.

Wickmayer violated that rule three times in the last 18 months and Malisse broke the rule twice and missed one doping test, according to the Belga report.

The 20-year-old Wickmayer is playing in Bali at this week's Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions event. Wickmayer said she has never missed a drug test and insists all of her drug-test results are negative. Wickmayer also said she had difficulty using her password to log into the WADA computerized system and that she was on Tour when registered mail containing information on tests was sent to her home.