The Italian Jannik Sinner is again in the fight to ensure that his case for the two positive clostebol tests in Indian Wells sustains the theory that it was an accidental external contamination. It was decided by an independent panel of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).
However, a month after the exculpatory resolution, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) revived the case by taking it to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, asking for between one and two years of suspension.
New cause for distraction for the Sinner, who is nonetheless impervious to outside threats. He continues to be world number one on the track.
Has a 14-game winning streak, a streak that started at the Cincinnati Masters 1000 ATP and the US Open. That he maintained at the ATP 500 in Beijing, where he defended his crown.
He defeated the Czech in the quarterfinals Jiri Lehecka by 6-2 and 7-6 (6), coming back from two set points in the tiebreak. He will face the Russian in the semifinals this Tuesday Andrey Rublev or Chinese Yunchaokete Bu.
Although, what is most notable, the most anticipated match is just one step away from confirmation, another classic episode between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, who will want his revenge for the defeat in the 2023 ‘semi’ if the crossover happens, also involving the Spaniard who overcame Daniil Medvedev in the ‘semi’.
Sinner, despite the earthquake off the court, has 58 wins in 63 games this season, 38-2 on hard court. He broke the balance with 57 wins with the German Alexander Zverev. This is his tenth penultimate round of the course, where he has already collected six titles.
Although in Beijing there was more joy and force in Alcaraz’s game than Sinner’s, apparently in his three previous rounds.
Source: La Verdad
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