The Italian Jannik Sinner23 years old and world No. 1, is in Melbourne, where he defends his title from January 12 to 26. He will make his debut this Monday against the Chilean Nicholas Jarryknowing that for now he doesn’t have to worry about the doping case that still hangs over him.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAD) against the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s (ITIA) resolution to exonerate him after testing positive for clostebol in March 2024. during the dispute of the Masters 1000 ATP of Indian Wells, considering that it was not intentional.
The AMA is asking for between one and two years of punishment for Jannik Sinner, because he considers that he should be responsible for what his team: his former physiotherapist infected his body through a massage without wearing gloves and has a wound on a finger treated with a drug which contains clostebol.
The money earned from the event and the 400 ranking added were withdrawn from Sinner, but he never stopped competing as he won appeals to prevent this from happening.
He TAD announced this Friday that the hearing will take place on April 16 and 17 at its headquarters in Lausanne. On the camera. This is due, according to the notice, to the fact that “none of the parties requested a public hearing and it will be held behind closed doors.”
This is the week after the ATP Masters 1000 in Monte Carlo, where he officially resides, where the ATP tournaments will be held in Barcelona (the Godó) and Munich. Dates where I didn’t plan to compete.
Source: La Verdad
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