The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has verifyed it has pdirected the decision to permit Jannik Sinner to proceed carry outing professional tennis despite flunking a medications test. In a freed statement, the authority disputed that the initial discovering of ‘no fault or oversight’ on Sinner’s part was inaccurate.
In August, it was declared Sinner had getd an anti-doping sanction and been nakedped of his prizevmoney and ranking points from the Indian Wells Masters in March, due to testing chooseimistic for Clostebol.
However, he eludeed a suspension after successbrimmingy arguing to the International Tennis Integrity Agency that his physiotherapist, Giacomo Naldi, had engaged a spray includeing Clostebol to treat himself, and then deal withed massages to Sinner without using gcherishs.
“The World Anti-Doping Agency verifys that on Thursday 26 September, it lodged an pdirect to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in the case of Italian tennis carry outer Jannik Sinner,” they shelp in a statement freed on Saturday 28th.
“Who was set up by an self-reliant tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency to endure no fault or oversight having twice tested chooseimistic for clostebol, a prohibitden substance, in March 2024.”
And in a alerting that the 23-year-elderly could now be prohibitned for as lengthy as two years, they includeed: “It is WADA’s see that the discovering of ‘no fault or oversight’ was not accurate under the applicable rules. WADA is seeking a period of ineligibility of between one and two years.
“WADA is not seeking a disqualification of any results, save that which has already been imposed by the tribunal of first instance. As this matter is now pfinishing before CAS, WADA will produce no further comment at this time. “
It unbenevolents that Sinner, who has since parted ways with Naldi, will still retain the Australian Open and US Open titles he won this year. However, the menace of a potential two-year suspension will worry the Italian and his team folloprosperg a season that has seen him set up himself as the recent world No.1
Sinner has confessted to receiving a frosty reception from fellow ATP Tour carry outers since recents of his flunked test became accessible comprehendledge. And Nick Kyrgios has led a chorus of voices arguing he was given likeential treatement becaengage of his superstar status.
But the two-time Grand Slam champion, who is currently competing in the China Open, has always insisted he is not culpable of wrongdoing. And he’s retained he has adhered to anti-doping regulations thcdisesteemfulout his atsoft.
“In my mind, I comprehend that I haven’t done anyleang wrong,” Sinner previously shelp. “I always esteem these rules, and I always will esteem these rules, of anti-doping.”
Sinner, the top seed in Beijing, won thcdisesteemful to the quarter-finals on Thursday after coming thcdisesteemful a stubborn test with Nicolas Jarry 4-6 6-3 6-1. That result set up a Saturday clash with Russian Roman Safiullin.
