Throughout an interview with Match TV by which he additionally spoke about the truth that girls shouldn’t be paid the identical as males in Slams, former world quantity 3 Nikolay Davydenko returned to speak about Jannik Sinner’s doping case, additionally recalling his personal story.
It must be remembered that Davydenko – who has by no means performed a Slam last – was crushed within the semi-finals of Roland Garros 2005 by Mariano Puerta, with the Argentine then testing constructive for doping after shedding the ultimate towards Rafael Nadal, who on that event gained his first of 14 titles in Paris.
Davydenko talked concerning the well-known Clostebol case involving the Italian, however on this case he analyzed, with nice honesty:
“Sinner is playing very well, he has been doing very well for a long time. I like his tactics on the court, it is not a question of doping. I saw him in 2019, since then compared to now the differences are notable. Jannik has started to play differently, his tactics have changed seriously. Half of the tennis players today say that they win thanks to doping. I don’t think so.
So should I shout that Puerta beat me thanks to doping at Roland Garros in 2005? I was physically dead and he wasn’t, but I don’t know if doping helped him win. I have no intention of shouting to the press and the whole world that he is bad, but rather I will admit my guilt and my mistake in training and preparation.”
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Whereas Yevgeny Kafelnikov has expressed his opinions very harshly on a number of events, Davidenko, two-time semifinalist on the French Open and two-time semifinalist on the US Open, has decidedly totally different concepts. The previous world quantity 3 within the ATP rating, in a latest interview with the Russian media Championat, said that tennis is tennis and you’ll by no means turn out to be #1 due to doping.
“You go to the pharmacy, take a pill for the bronchi and there is salbutamol, which is considered doping. You always have to go to a sports doctor, it’s such an absurdity. You won’t become a better player by taking a pill.
Tennis is tennis, you won’t become number one in the world thanks to doping. It used to be easier to regulate doping. We were also pressured, but we perceived it as normal. I didn’t worry much, I drank and ate everywhere without even thinking about possible consequences in this sense. Today the situation has worsened,” he stated on the time.
