Sinner regrets ‘unfair’ doping ban as he prepares return to courts
- Italian player Jannik Sinner accepted a three-month doping ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency after testing positive for clostebol, stating it was 'unfair' but necessary to avoid a longer suspension.
- WADA noted that Sinner did not gain any advantage from the substance and bore no fault for contamination, with his ban concluding on May 4.
- Sinner expressed his belief that the ban was 'unfair' but accepted it following discussions with his lawyers.
- Alcaraz believes it was unfair to expect him to win tournaments during Sinner's absence, stating that the pressure of competition has impacted his performance.
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Sinner on Lock: "I felt fragile."
The tennis world leader Jannik Sinner doesn't feel his doping lock is just and counts the days until the end of the month. "When the lock came in Doha, I felt fragile. But the people around me helped me to get back on my feet. Nevertheless, it was very hard," said the 23-year-old South Tyrolean in an interview with TV channel Sky Sport Italia. There he spoke in detail about his lock for the first time. It took him a while to find himself again, …
Sinner regrets 'unfair' doping ban as he prepares return to courts
Jannik Sinner believes his three-month doping ban to be "unfair" as the world number one awaits his return to tennis in time to contest the French Open and put nearly a year of controversy behind him. In February, Italian star Sinner agreed with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to accept…
"I am innocent," says Jannik Sinner, ATP No. 1, although he accepted a 3-month suspension so that it wouldn't be "much worse"
Jannik Sinner, the world number one in tennis, who is suspended for three months for doping, said in an interview broadcast on Saturday that the sanction was "a bit unfair", while acknowledging that "it could have been much worse", AFP reports.
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