What occurred in these minutes is sensational: ITIA has banned Iga Swiatek for one month for testing optimistic for the doping substance trimetazidine throughout an out-of-competition verify in August 2024.
Swiatek was suspended from 22 September 22 to 4 October 2024, lacking three tournaments. She has solely eight extra days of her suspension left to serve.
The Polish participant’s protection stated the positivity was because of the contamination of an everyday melatonin-based drug, offered in Poland and not using a prescription, taken by the WTA No.2 for jet-lag issues, with an consumption, due to this fact, not intentional.
In line with Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company, the 5-time Slam champion was discovered liable for negligence within the mildest diploma supplied for by the principles. Swiatek additionally loses the prize cash received in Cincinnati, the match instantly following the verify.
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After a season-ending wherein she misplaced the throne of the WTA rating, the 23-year-old from Warsaw lately recalled her rise to the highest, which coincided with the retirement of former No. 1 Ashleigh Barty.
“I didn’t understand what happened. Ash was the undisputed leader, she was playing the best tennis. Even though I knew where I was going to hit her, it was still difficult to deal with her shots. At first I found her choice strange, I felt it was a great loss for the sport. I have a lot of respect for her. Also, I had a sense of what the end of her career would mean to me. I had only been No. 2 for a few days and suddenly I had the opportunity to climb to the top of the rankings,” she defined.
We recall Iga closed a season wherein she received the French Open, her 4th title in Paris anf fifth Slam of her younger and superb profession, regardless of – as I stated above – she misplaced the the WTA management in favor of Aryna Sabalenka.
