Nick Kyrgios approves Emma Raducanu refusing spray on account of unintentional doping fears

Nick Kyrgios permitted Emma Raducanu’s precautionary technique after the 2021 US Open champion shared that she rejected to take an antiseptic spray in Melbourne as a result of she feared it may be contaminated with a banned substance.

When chatting with reporters on the Australian Open forward of her first-round match in opposition to Ekaterina Alexandrova, the Briton was requested in regards to the Iga Swiatek failing a doping check on account of contamination.

Answering the query, the 22-year-old did not conceal that she fears that situation and revealed that she was really strolling with a badly swollen ankle and hand in Melbourne as a result of she refused to take a twig for an insect chunk.

“I would say all of us are probably quite sensitive to what we take onboard, what we use. I mean, yesterday, for example, I got really badly bitten by I don’t know what, like ants, mosquitoes, something. I’m allergic, I guess,” Raducanu mentioned.

“They flared up and swelled up really a lot (smiling). Someone was, like, giving me this antiseptic spray, natural, to try to ease the bites. I didn’t want to take it. I didn’t want to spray it.

“I used to be similar to left there with my swollen ankle and hand. I used to be, like, I am simply going to powerful it out as a result of I do not need to threat it (laughter).”

Kyrgios’ one-word reaction to Raducanu’s revelation

By now, everyone very well knows how the Australian feels about the Swiatek and Jannik Sinner doping cases.

In the 29-year-old’s mind, one does not fail a doping test because they ingest something “unknowingly” or “unintentionally.”

So when he noticed how Raducanu acted in a situation where she wasn’t fully sure what was inside the spray, Kyrgios simply wrote: “Yup.”

In the meantime, Kyrgios is about to make his Australian Open comeback by enjoying in opposition to Jacob Fearnley whereas Raducanu meets Ekaterina Alexandrova.