A sensational determination achieved by ATP: the Affiliation of Skilled Tennis has extremely excluded Jannik Sinner from the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, the primary prize of the ATP Awards 2024. The federation has the truth is communicated which would be the Nominations for the ATP Awards on the finish of the 12 months, taking the controversial determination to exclude the ATP No.1 from the record.
It’s affordable to suppose that this exclusion is as a result of ruling concerning the Clostebol doping situation involving the Italia, which might be at excessive threat of disqualification, after WADA appealed to the CAS, asking for a ban of 1-2 years. And it’s most likely due to this attainable ruling that the Italian was excluded from the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, a prize that sees Carlos Alcaraz, Grigor Dimitrov, Casper Ruud and Dominic Thiem within the working.
Jannik Sinner, Davis Cup Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
Sinner was not even included among the many most improved tennis gamers of the season: an accurate determination, provided that the nominees are all younger rising stars. The choice that appears relatively unusual, nevertheless, shouldn’t be even to incorporate Sinner’s coaches, Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, candidates for the Coach of the 12 months award. Matteo Berrettini, Marin Cilic and Kei Nishokori are within the working for the comeback of the season.
Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award
Carlos AlcarazGrigor DimitrovCasper RuudDominic Thiem
Comeback Participant of the 12 months
Matteo BerrettiniKei NishikoriMarin Cilic
Most Improved Participant of the 12 months
Jack DraperTomas MachacGiovanni Mpetshi PerricardAlejandro Tabilo
Newcomer of the 12 months
Jakub MensikJuncheng Shang
Sinner closed the season with 8 titles plus the Davis Cup victory. He gained – amongst others – the Australian Open, the US Open and the ATP Finals, turning into #1 within the ATP rankings for the primary time in his profession. The Italian closed the 12 months with 73 victories and solely 6 defeats (three of which in opposition to Alcaraz, in three matches performed in opposition to the Spaniard). The ATP’s determination to exclude the Italian from the record appears clear, most likely as a result of Clostebol doping situation, however is it attainable that the lads’s tennis board has already foreseen a disqualification for Jannik? In any other case, why take this determination?
