"Sad day for tennis": Nick Kyrgios lambasts agreement between WADA, Jannik Sinner for failed doping tests

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has lambasted the agreement between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Italy’s Jannik Sinner regarding failed doping tests. The 29-year-old is often regarded as one of the most outspoken player in the world of tennis and has been involved in some controversies as well.

Kyrgios has remained one of the most vocal players about the doping case involving Sinner. The 23-year-old, who is widely regarded as the best player currently playing in men’s tennis in the singles category, has been in the news for the wrong reasons after being tested positive for banned substances on two occasions in March last year.

Despite that, Sinner managed to escape any ban last year as the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), in a detailed verdict last year, announced that they found the player innocent in the case. The player’s counsel claimed that the availability of the substance in the player’s sample was because of receiving a cream for the treatment of an injury from one member of the coaching staff.

While WADA appealed against the decision in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the case concluded on Saturday where it was announced that both parties reached an agreement which will result in the player agreeing to a three-month suspension from the sport which will end in the first week of May.

Kyrgios, in a post on the social media platform X—previously known as Twitter—has criticised the decision, calling it a ‘sad day’ for tennis. The former world number 13 also stated that after such a decision, fairness ‘does not exist’ in tennis.

“So Wada come out and say it would be a 1-2 year ban. Obviously sinners team have done everything in their power to just go ahead and take a 3 month ban, no titles lost, no prize money lost. Guilty or not? Sad day for tennis. Fairness in tennis does not exist,” he wrote.