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In the ball court of justice: WADA appeals, Sinner feels disappointment
ATPSaturday, 28 September 2024 at 15:00
Italy’s young tennis star Jannik Sinner has expressed
disappointment after hearing the news that WADA has decided to appeal against his
doping verdict. The 23-year-old is already regarded as one of the best players
currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category, along with the likes
of Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and Serbia’s Novak Djokovic.
Sinner has been in the news for the wrong reasons recently
after he tested positive for the banned substance clostebol in two doping
tests. Despite the results, he narrowly managed to escape the ban after the International
Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted his counsel’s response where they
claimed that the availability of the banned substance in minimal quantity in
the player’s sample was because of receiving a cream from a member of the
coaching staff.
On Saturday, it was reported that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) had decided to appeal against the verdict. They issued a statement demanding a one—or two-year suspension for the reigning world number one
from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that on
Thursday 26 September, it lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS) in the case of Italian tennis player, Jannik Sinner, who was found
by an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)
to bear no fault or negligence having twice tested positive for clostebol, a
prohibited substance, in March 2024,” the statement read.
Sinner, who is currently participating in the China Open, talked to the media after cementing his spot in the quarterfinal. He expressed disappointment after hearing the news that WADA had decided to appeal against the verdict.
“Well, we cannot
control everything, no? Obviously I'm very disappointed and also surprised of
this appeal, to be honest, because we had three hearings. All three hearings
came out very positively for me,” he said. “You know, I was not expecting it. I
knew it a couple of days ago, that they were going to appeal, that today it's
going to go official, so. But yeah, it's surprise. We always talk about the
same thing. Maybe they just want to make sure that everything is in the right
position. Yeah, I'm just surprised that they appealed.”
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