Nick Kyrgios has sharply criticized the treatment of Jannik Sinner's positive test for clostebol, questioning the fairness of the situation compared to other doping cases in tennis. Kyrgios believes the handling of both Sinner and Iga Swiatek's positive tests is damaging to the sport's integrity.
Nick Kyrgios has doubled down on his criticism of Jannik Sinner and his anti-doping case on the eve of the Australian’s much-anticipated return in Brisbane, accusing the world No.1 of trying to “cheat”., but was stripped of $325,000 prizemoney and his ranking points for reaching the Indian Wells semi-finals after twice testing positive in March to banned substance clostebol.
after admitting to an anti-doping breach, where he “unknowingly” received an intravenous infusion of vitamins above the allowable limit of 100ml.“I would never in my entire life ever try and dope in this sport,” Kyrgios said. “I have to be outspoken about it because I don’t think there are enough people who are speaking about it. I think people are trying to sweep it under the rug.”
“I’d be livid … he had the guy on his team for five months, acting like nothing happened. That’s suss as anything, if you ask me.” Kyrgios, who was runner-up at Wimbledon in 2022, will also partner Novak Djokovic – a former sparring partner-turned-close friend – in the doubles in Brisbane.
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