 The suspension ran until 1 February 2014 and all prize money and points since the positive test including the Munich tournament were null and forfeited.Čilić appealed against this ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, who reduced the ban from nine months to four months on 25 October.They stated that "the degree of fault committed by the athlete was inferior to that established in the (tribunal) decision and the sanction imposed was too severe in view of the degree of fault".