Djokovic attacks Sinner‘s doping ban from Doha

Novak Djokovic revealed that most tennis players don’t trust the anti-doping authorities anymore after Jannik Sinner’s 3-month suspension and that almost all of them believe that they are favoritism shown to the tennis’ greatest players.

The Serbian shared that these organizations must overhaul their processes because they are no longer trusted within the tennis community.

“At the moment, there is a lack of trust generally from the people in our sport, no matter the gender, toward WADA and ITIA and how they do their jobs,” Nole shared at the Qatar Open.

Jannik, who is number 1 in the world, signed a deal with WADA in the past weekend to receive a suspension that will see the Italian return ahead of the next Grand Slam in Paris as that means that Sinner will not miss a single Grand Slam competition.

The short suspension for Jannik came after a 5-time Grand Slam champ, Iga Swiatek, agreed to a 1-month suspension in the past year after testing positive for a banned substance that the Polish shared was accidentally consumed because of a contaminated nonprescription medication.

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Both suspensions are seen as much shorter than what other players get for similar problems.

"The majority of the players don't feel that it's fair." 🗣️

Novak Djokovic reacts to Jannik Sinner's three-month ban after reaching a settlement over his two positive drug tests last year.#BBCTennis pic.twitter.com/2d7zTbojWN

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