Doping Janik Sinner case: Novak Djokovic says most players do not feel that the process is FER | Tennis news
Novak Djokovic called on the tennis management bodies to urgently rewind the sports anti -doping system.
Speaking in Doha on the eve of the ATP Qatar Open, 24-time Grand Slam champion pointed to “inconsistencies” in cases involving top stars such as Jannik Sincner and Iga Swiatek, compared to those of lower ranked players.
World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) posted on Saturday that she had reached an agreement with a sinner for a three -month suspensionwhich will allow Italian to return on time for the next Grand Slam – open Franch – which begins on May 25.
World 1 sinner accepted the ban, acknowledging “partial responsibility” for the mistakes of his team, which led him to twice testing positively to the traces of Clostebol in March last year.
Last year, the five-time Grand Slam champion accepted the one-month ban after testing a positive drug on drug drugs.
“It’s not a good picture for our sport, that’s for sure,” Djokovic said. “Most players feel like a favor is happening. It seems you seem to be almost influenced by the outcome if you are a top player if you have access to the best lawyers and what already.
“Swiatek and Sinner are innocent and has been proven, unless it has been proven differently. So we currently know they are innocent,” he added.
“We have seen on social networks, Simona Halep and Tara Moore and some other players who may be less well known, who have struggled for years to get rid of their cases or have been banned for years. I think it is a mature time right now to really deal with the system because The system and the structure obviously do not work with antidoping.
“So, I hope that in the next period of the near future, the management bodies will gather from our tour and tennis ecosystem and try to find a more effective way to deal with these processes.”
Sky Sports News He contacted the World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) and the Association of Tennis Experts (ATP) for comment.
Sinner: Strict Wada rules are important protection for sports I love
Sonner, who retained the title of Australian Open last month, requested his third Grand Slam triumph, tested positively in March 2024 on an anabolic steroid Klostebol, before being cleared by an independent court in August, which found that he was not guilty.
In the case presented by the International Tennis (ITIA) integrity agency, the tribunal accepted a more sinful explanation that the prohibited substance entered his body as a result of a massage of his physiotherapist, which used a spray containing a steroid to treat cutting on their finger.
Sonner then fired physius Giacomo Naldi and his coach Umberto Ferrara, who Sinner said to have supplied Naldi with a spray without a prescription.
But Wada, who had previously said he was looking for a ban on one and two years for a sinner, appealed at the decision of the Sport Arbitration Court (CAS) in September, and the next hearing was set for April 16 and 17.
In a statement published on Saturday, Wada explained that he still believed that the Sincner had not intended to cheat, but that he was responsible for the inattention of his environment.
The Italian accepted the period of incorrectness that suspended him from playing from February 9 to May 4, and on Saturday he said a statement that he made a decision because he realized that “strict Wada rules are important to protect the sport I love.”
‘The righteousness in tennis does not exist’
Nick Kyrgios says that the indulgence of a three -month ban is given to sinners after two positive drug tests in 2024 showed that “there is no righteousness in tennis”.
“So Wada came out and says it would be a 1-2 years ban,” Kyrgios wrote on X.
“Obviously, Sinner’s team did everything in their power to just continue and take a three -month ban, there were no lost titles, did not lose reward. Guilty or not? Sad Tennis Day. There is no righteousness in tennis.”
In a separate post, he added, “I know a lot of players who feel the same way at the moment.
“So, he was found guilty – hence the ban. But nothing was taken away and he could play the French. The sad sad day of sad day.”
Draper: The sinner prohibition is not good for tennis
British no 1 Jack Draper said the players should be responsible for what enters their bodies, but believes that the Sinner’s ban is not good for tennis.
“I know Jannik. He is a good friend and I know that with this whole thing, I’m sure he wouldn’t have done anything intentional,” Draper said.
“But obviously it’s a sport and we have to be responsible for what goes in our bodies.
“He has a ban for a few months, I think it’s not good for tennis, I don’t think it’s good for a sport that doesn’t 1 player in the world, and someone who does incredible things has to face a ban.
“But he’ll come back soon and I wish him the best and I hope he will be fine.”
