Jannik Sinner: Nick Kyrgios says three-month ban given to rival after doping case shows ‘fairness in tennis doesn’t exist’ | Tennis News happymamay

Nick Kirgius says that a three -month ban is forbidden to world number 1 Jannik Sinner after positive property tests in 2024 showed that “fairness in tennis does not exist.”

The World Anti -Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Saturday that it had reached an agreement with Sinner on a three -month comment, which will allow the Italian to return in a timely manner to the next major championship – French open – which begins on May 25.

Sinner, who last month, kept its Australian open title to demand his third victory in the Grand Slam, positively in March 2024 because of the Internet Clostbol, ​​before it was cleared in August by an independent court that decided to bear the blame.

Wada appealed this decision before the CAS Arbitration Court (CAS) in September, and a subsequent hearing was set on April 16 and 17, in which the agency said that it would seek a ban between a year and two years of the sinner.

Before the Italian, a period of lack of importance to playing from February 9 to May 4, and said on Saturday through a statement that he made the decision because he realizes that “the strict Wada rules are important protection of the sport he loved.”

Kyrgios’s reaction, a final in the Wimbledon 2022 championship, was critical of dealing with the issue since it became public, to agree through his X account on Saturday.

He wrote: “So Wade went out and says it would be a one -year ban. Or not?

He added in a separate post: “I know many players who feel the same way now,” he added in a separate post.

“So he was convicted – and then the ban. But he was not stripped of anything and he can play the French. Sad day.”

Sky Sports News I called WADA to comment on Kyrgios posts on social media.

In the event that the International Tennis Safety Agency (ITIA), the court accepted the wrong interpretation that the prohibited substance entered his body as a result of a massage from a physiotherapist, who used a spray containing steroid to treat pieces on a finger.

After that, the sinner released Vizio Jiacomo Naldey and coach Ambo Ferrara, who said the sinner said Nalidi with a spray without a prescription.

However, he appealed to WADA CAS and the epic was appointed until the agreement continued to a sudden conclusion.

In a statement issued on Saturday, Wada explained that he still believed that the sinner does not intend to cheat, but he was responsible for the neglect of Al -Haim.

The statement said: “Wada accepts the athlete’s interpretation for the reason for the violation, as shown in the decision in the first place. Wada accepts that the wrong master does not intend to cheat, and that his exposure to Clostebol did not provide any support for performance and happened without his knowledge as a result of the neglect of the Haimm members.

“However, according to the code, thanks to the CAS precedent, the athlete bears the responsibility of neglecting Entouge. Based on a unique set of facts in this case, a three -month suspension is considered an appropriate result.”

In a joint statement with Sky Sports News By his lawyer, the sinner said: “This case was suspended for nearly a year and still has a long time to run for a decision, perhaps only at the end of the year.

“I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realize the strict WADA rules important protection for the sport I love. On this basis, I accepted the WADA offer to solve these procedures on a three -month penalty.”

Although the sinner was required to confiscate 400 points of classification from the championship he tested positive in Indian Wales – and a $ 325,000 funds prize – he was able to continue the competition and continued to win the United States Open in September 2024 and Open Australian in January 2025.

WADA reiterated that he was not seeking to “exclude any results” regardless of the previously issued Indian wells.

Sinner will be absent four events ATP MASTERS 1000 – Indian Wales and Miami in March, alongside Monte Carlo and Madrid in April. It will be eligible to return to his home event, The Masters 1000 in Rome on May 7.

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Former British No. 1 and Sky Sports tennis Pondet Tim Hinman said the agreement “looks a bit comfortable” and “leaves a sour taste.”

The misuse issue of the wrong doping was played with another side in the world of women No. 1 Iga Swiaatek, who witnessed that the five -month winner was serving a one -month comment after his positive test of the Tremitzen heart medicine in August 2024.

In the Swiaatek case, WADA chose not to resume against ITIA’s referee.

Henmann said Sky Sports News: “Two of the best players in the world, one of the men, one in women, suffer from drugs. With the wrong, I want to start first and foremost by saying that I do not think in any way I was trying to cheat at any stage.

“However, when I read this statement this morning, it seems somewhat appropriate.

“It is clear that after she just won the Australian Open, to miss three months of the round, and thus you are eligible to play in Roland Garros, the timing was not better than the wrong.

“But I still think it leaves a sour taste of sports. I’m sure we will understand a little more because it is a new story. But it’s very comfortable for me now.

“I think that when you deal with drugs in sports, you should be black and white. It is bilateral, positive or negative, it is prohibited or not blocked.

“I think this when you start reading words such as” settlement “or” agreement “, it seems as if there were negotiations and I do not think this will sit well with the player and sports lovers.”