Iga Swiatek, on her sanction: "I would have preferred it to say 'not guilty', but it's nothing more than paperwork".

Iga Swiatek has been embroiled in a doping scandal like Jannik Sinner in a 2024 that has been very turbulent for tennis worldwide. The Polish player, currently ranked No. 2 globally, accepted a one-month ban after testing positive for a banned substance. Now, she wants to put it all behind her, although she wants to make it clear that she considers herself innocent and regrets that she has not been treated as such, although she feels fortunate to be able to face the 2025 season without any problems:

"I would have preferred you to say 'innocent,' but I admit that for me it's nothing more than paperwork and bureaucracy. What mattered most to me was being able to start the new season with a clean slate and just focus on playing."

He has not had a good time, but insists that everything that has happened to him has to do with a simple 'formality', wanting to make it clear that he did not voluntarily take any product to improve his sports performance:

"Since I received the information that my suspension would end in a little over a week, I have more or less accepted the situation. The fact that I received such a sanction is just a formality."

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She ends with the same idea, making it clear that there are a series of rules and procedures that the authorities must follow and that is why she has been sanctioned with one month:

"They had to follow their rules because it's not like I was judged by one person; you always have to follow procedures. Even the decision regarding the one-month suspension was simply dictated by the procedures."

The problem of the Swiatek case is the same as the Sinner case: why have they hidden it from public opinion? Would they have done the same with tennis players of lower category? Beyond the justice or not of the sanctions (other tennis players like Simona Halep have complained bitterly), the problem is the double standard that seems to have been applied in these cases with respect to other similar cases;