In the course of the media day of the Brisbane Worldwide, awaiting the debut of the brand new season, Novak Djokovic expressed his opinion on the controversial Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol doping scandal.
The Serbian champion, who didn’t query the correctness and protection of the ATP No.1 in the complete course of, contested how the affair was dealt with on the media degree and by the authorities, supporting – de facto – the phrases perpetuated by Nick Kyrgios in current months.
“It’s not nice, but at the same time we live in a world where everyone has the right to express themselves, especially on social media. Nick has been very vocal about the whole issue, and he’s right about the transparency and the inconsistency of the protocols, comparing the cases that have been recorded. We’ve seen so many players, in the past and today, suspended for not even having undergone the banned substance tests and doping tests. Some players who are in lower positions have been waiting for their case to be resolved for over a year,” mentioned Nole.
Jannik Sinner© Stream screenshot
And I fully agree with Djokovic’s phrases, who appropriately summarized the entire story. No one (or virtually no person) questions Jannik’s loyalty, however it’s clear that the Italian athlete can be chargeable for the negligence of his group, whatever the quantity of doping substance that entered his physique.
And never solely that: it’s shameful how the story, with the checks failed by Jannik final March in Indian Wells, got here out solely on August twentieth.
Moreover, it appears fairly evident that the whole lot was dealt with in another way in comparison with different related circumstances as a result of Jannik is ATP No.1: that is why WADA is eager to take the state of affairs in hand to exhibit how – no matter what occurred – the Italian participant deserves a trial and a doable ban.
