Claiming that most players on the professional tennis circuit feel Jannik Sinner is the benefactor of 바카라favouritism바카라 with his three-month doping ban, Novak Djokovic has said that the majority have lost faith in the anti-doping authorities. (More Tennis News)
The 37-year-old Serbian legend appealed to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to overhaul their processes for dealing with doping cases 바카라because the system and the structure obviously doesn바카라t work.바카라
Speaking at the Qatar Open, the 24-time Major winner said: 바카라Right now there is a lack of trust generally from the tennis players, both male and female, toward WADA and ITIA and the whole process.바카라
World number one Sinner had reached a deal with WADA on Saturday (February 15) to accept a ban that will have him back playing in time for the French Open in May 2025, without having to miss any Grand Slam tournament. The development came after the ITA had decided not to suspend Sinner for what it deemed was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March.
The 23-year-old Italian arrived at a settlement with WADA over two positive drug tests in March last year. Sinner바카라s explanation that he was inadvertently contaminated with the banned substance clostebol by his physio was accepted by the world body, but the agency added that 바카라the athlete bears responsibility for the entourage바카라s negligence바카라.
Sinner is therefore suspended from February 9 until May 4, meaning he will be eligible to play at the Roland Garros Major, which starts on May 19. Speaking at the Qatar Open, Djokovic said: 바카라There바카라s a majority of the players that I바카라ve talked to in the locker room, not just in the last few days, but also last few months, that are not happy with the way this whole process has been handled.
바카라A majority of the players don바카라t feel it바카라s fair. A majority of the players feel like there is favouritism happening. It appears that you can almost affect the outcome if you are a top player, if you have access to the top lawyers.바카라
Sinner바카라s was the first of two high-profile cases in tennis in quick succession, with the women바카라s world No 2, Iga Swiatek, handed a one-month suspension in November after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine. ITIA accepted it was caused by contamination of a medicine Swiatek was taking to help combat jet lag.
On the other hand, the former world No 1 Simona Halep was given a four-year ban by ITIA in 2022 after a positive test, although it was later reduced to nine months. Meanwhile, Britain바카라s Tara Moore, a far less well-known player, was suspended in May 2022 while an investigation lasted 18 months before an independent tribunal determined that contaminated meat was the source of the prohibited substances for which she tested positive.
바카라Simona Halep and Tara Moore and some other players that are maybe less known that have been struggling to resolve their cases for years, or have got the ban for years 바카라 there is so much inconsistencies between the cases,바카라 said Djokovic. 바카라Sinner has got a suspension for three months because of mistakes and negligence of his team members, who are working on the tour. This is also something that I personally and many other players find strange.
바카라Now it바카라s a ripe time for us to really address the system, because the system and the structure obviously doesn바카라t work, anti-doping, it바카라s obvious. I hope that in the near future the governing bodies are going to come together and try to find a more effective way to deal with these processes. It바카라s inconsistent, and it appears to be very unfair.바카라
(With AP inputs)
