Former world number one
Boris Becker has an interesting
seven words response to people questioning the agreement between the World
Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Italy’s
Jannik Sinner. The agreement, which led to
the suspension of the current world number one in men’s tennis in the singles
category, has received serious backlash, not only from the fans on the social
media but also from the current players.
Notable players, both in men’s and women’s tennis have raised
their concerns after
WADA and Sinner reached an agreement which will see the
three-time Grand Slam winner staying out of action for three months, meaning that
he will be eligible to play all major titles this year.
Sinner tested positive for the banned substance clostebol in
two doping tests in March last year but miraculously managed to escape any ban.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) declared him innocent
following a detailed hearing where his counsel claimed that the substance was
available in the player’s sample because one member of the coaching staff had
received a cream for the treatment of an injury.
WADA then appealed against the verdict in the Court of
Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and demanded a two-year ban for the three-time
Grand Slam winner but both parties reached an agreement on Saturday.
WADA’s general counsel, Ross Wenzel, has recently spoken to the BBC and clarified the reason behind such a deal. He stated that Sinner’s
case was ‘million miles away’ from any sort of doping, including micro-dosing. "This
was a case that was a million miles away from doping," he said. "The
scientific feedback that we received was that this could not be a case of
intentional doping, including micro-dosing.”
Former world number one Becker reposted a post on the social media platform X — previously known as Twitter — which was about the comment Wenzel about Sinner’s case with an interesting seven-word caption: “Whoever is able to read the facts!”