Never one to mince words when it comes to anti-doping, Andy Murray spoke strongly about his feelings about Maria Sharapova’s ongoing case, saying that she deserves a ban.

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“It’s not up to me to decide the punishment, but if you’re taking performance enhancing drugs and you fail a drugs test, you have to get suspended,” he said, while talking to reporters at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday.

Murray also expressed disappointment in the fact that his racquet sponsor, Head Tennis, has elected to show their support to Sharapova by offering a contract extension.

“I think it's a strange stance given everything that's happened the last few days,” said the two-time major champion.

Murray says it would be more prudent for the company to let the facts come out before acting.

“I think at this stage it's important to get hold of the facts and let things play out, more information coming out before making a decision to extend the contract,” he said. “Personally I wouldn't have responded like that.”

When many ATP and WTA players spoke with media on Wednesday, most declined any comment on a commonly occurring question: Was it fair if Sharapova had been using meldonium for its performance enhancing characteristics for ten years, even if it had been legal until 2016?

Speaking hypothetically, Murray aired out his beliefs on the matter.

“If you're taking a prescription drug and you're not using it for what that drug was meant for, you don't need it, you're just using it for the performance enhancing benefits [that the] drug is giving you, then that is wrong, clearly,” he said.

Murray, like Garbine Muguruza and Stan Wawrinka did yesterday, says he agrees that WADA has been doing a better job of investing in and policing the use of performance enhancing drugs in tennis.

But he insists that they can do more.

“I think all sports can do more,” he said.