Nick Kyrgios continues to make headlines every time he opens his mouth. The Australian never cut his hair, and now he has become the scourge of tennis players who have had doping problems.
Jannik Sinner knows this very wellwho has become his usual victim in recent weeks after learning that he tested positive for clostebol at the last Masters 1000 in Indian Wells, but the ‘enfant terrible’ of world tennis will not stop there.
In the last hours has expanded his sights to attack Iga Swiatek as wellrecently allowed for another involuntary positive.
“Two world No. 1s (Swiatek is currently No. 2, but was No. 1 during the control period) caught doping is abhorrent for our sport. Gives a terrible imageKyrgios said entering the Brisbane tournament.
“I can get mad and throw the racquet, but that has nothing to do with cheating and taking performance-enhancing drugs.“said the Australian, who has barely played on tour since the 2022 US Open due to injury.
When asked to confirm that he called No. a cheater. 1 in the world, Kyrgios replied: “He tested positive twice at different times. If he did nothing wrong, why were his bonuses and ATP points removed? They clearly thought something was wrong.“.
On two occasions, in March 2024, small traces of the steroid clostebol were found in Sinner’s system, and both times he was temporarily suspended. But the Italian claimed ignorance and, above all, contamination, and was fully exonerated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia) before the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed an appeal. A decision is awaited.
“If you think that’s what got into his body, then…“Kyrgios made comments to back up his own disbelief.”Everyone knows the integrity of tennis nowadays, but no one wants to talk about it, it’s terrible” he whined.
A few months after the Sinner, Swiatek was also suspended for one month for doping after trimetazidine was detected in his system in August.. Also in this case, Itia accepted the cause of the contamination.
Due to knee and wrist injuries, the 2022 Wimbledon finalist He has played just four matches (three in Tokyo in October 2022 and one in Stuttgart in June 2023) since losing in the quarterfinals of the 2022 US Open.
For the past few months, his wrist has been giving him problems.
“I’ll play and we’ll see every day. If I play a long game and get through it, we’ll see how I feel the next day,” explained before facing the formidable French server Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the first round in Brisbane.
Source: La Verdad
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