Jannik Sinner’s three-month doping ban isn’t sitting proper with some within the tennis world.
Australian star Nick Kyrgios ripped the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA), claiming Sinner acquired off straightforward with the monthslong suspension over his two constructive drug checks.
“So [WADA] come out and say it would be a 1-2 year ban,” Kyrgios wrote on X. “Obviously sinners team have done everything in their power to just go ahead and take a 3 month ban, no titles lost, no prize money lost. Guilty or not? Sad day for tennis. Fairness in tennis does not exist.”
WADA had beforehand been searching for to ban Sinner from tennis for a minimum of one 12 months.
And Kyrgios was removed from alone.
Swiss tennis participant Stan Wawrinka additionally took to social media to seemingly vent concerning the Sinner suspension.
“I don’t believe in a clean sport anymore …,” he wrote on X.
Sinner’s suspension is from Feb. 9 by Might 4, permitting him to return at his dwelling match, the Italian Open in Rome, which begins Might 7.
He may also get again on the court docket earlier than the subsequent Grand Slam — the French Open — which begins Might 25.
Sinner had beforehand stated his constructive check outcomes occurred as a result of his health coach bought an over-the-counter spray in Italy that contained Clostebol and gave it to Sinner’s physiotherapist to deal with a minimize on the medical skilled’s finger with out sporting gloves.
“This case had been hanging over me now for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision maybe only at the end of the year,” Sinner stated in an announcement on Friday. “I’ve all the time accepted that I’m accountable for my staff and notice WADA’s strict guidelines are an vital safety for the game I like.
“On that basis I have accepted WADA’s offer to resolve these proceedings on the basis of a 3-month sanction.”
