Alcaraz prevented the ‘Sinner case’ from having greater consequences

Jannik Sinner is positive for clostebola prohibited anabolic steroid, rocked the tennis world in the last few hours.

in Italian They detected the prohibited substance on March 10 in an anti-doping control conducted on the course of the Masters 1000 of Indian Wellssomething that has not been known until now.

The ITIA (International Tennis Integrity Agency) notified the player of the result and opened an investigation, which determined the involuntary ingestion of clostebol by the tennis player, a substance that improves sports performance and, therefore, is prohibited on the circuit. he was declared innocent considering it was a mistake by the player’s physiotherapist.

This exemption will allow the world number 1 normal in the future, but It does not free you from suffering punishment. He lost the $350,000 and 400 points he earned in the California tournament.

That’s the money and points achieved thanks to reaching the semifinals, a figure (and effects) already They would have been even greater if the Italian had won the champion title.

The sinner arrived in Indian Wells after a completely clean start to the season in which he scored at the Australian Open and Rotterdam tournaments, all hinting that he could extend his unbeaten record on the American tour in March.

It’s not like that. Carlos Alcaraz crossed his path and closed the last doors on him after coming back from an uphill battle to win 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.

A high-level achievement that over time has been seen to ward off greater evils, ever since The controversy would have been even greater if Jannik Sinner had won the tournament where he tested positive. for consuming a prohibited anabolic steroid.

However, two weeks later, The Italian maintained his amazing streak and won the Miami Masters 1000where he dropped just one set and won his last three matches in dramatic fashion (6-4, 6-2 over Machac, 6-1, 6-2 over Medvedev and 6-3, 6-1 over Dimitrov) .

The way this case was handled raised blisters among many of Sinner’s colleagues on the circuit.. Without mincing words, as usual, the Australian Nick Kyrgios when it comes to showing through the network You must be gone for two yearsKyrgios said through a post on his X account.

But he was not the only one who stood against Sinner’s acquittal. The French Lucas Pouille It is also short and direct. “Maybe they should stop us being stupid, right?“. Then he taught “What happens to players sanctioned simply for not showing up for a control three times? by surprise and they didn’t test positive?” he asked.

The Canadian Denis Shapovalov He also took a stand against it: “I can’t imagine how all the other players who have been sanctioned for contaminated substances feel now. Different rules for different players“.

For his part, the former tennis player John McEnroenow an analyst at ESPN, commented that “This is certainly surprising and surprising, now, especially to me when it apparently happened in March. “I don’t know how they differentiate between one person, you know, saying they weren’t aware and the reasons behind it and then another person saying the same thing, you know, getting suspended.”