Sinner tested positive for the drug, and eventually the two sides reconciled and were executedThree-month banAnd it ends. However, the case is over, but the turmoil is far from subsiding.
A billionaire businessman and former ATP playerIon TiriakAfter Yannick Sinner's drug ban, he declared that tennis was "fundamentally rigged".
Sinner is currently in the midst of a three-month tennis ban, and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on February 15 that it had reached a settlement with the world No. 1's legal team.
The Italian tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid clostib twice during and after the Indian Wells Masters in March 2024.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) revealed in August that he was able to avoid a ban after an independent tribunal ruled that Sinner was "not at fault or negligent."
The court accepted Sinner's explanation that the substance had entered his body through accidental contamination when he was massaged by a former physical therapist who had used a spray containing the steroid to treat a wound on his finger.
However, the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in September, seeking to impose a one- to two-year ban on Sinner.
The case was scheduled to be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on April 16-17 before Sinner reached an agreement with WADA.
The three-time Grand Slam champion is suspended from 9 February to 4 May (his suspension also includes four days previously served when he was provisional).
Sinner was forced to withdraw from the ATP 500 event at the Qatar Open last week and will also miss the Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo and Madrid.
The 23-year-old won't miss any Grand Slam tournaments and will be able to play in the Italian Open, which kicks off three days after his ban ends.
TiriakIn a letter to The Athletic newspaper, he addressed Sinner's case and explained why he believes "cheating" in tennis has been "fully legalized."
Tiriak"Cheating has been fully legalized from the day WADA accepted the first so-called 'Therapeutic Use Waiver' (TUE) for athletes to use blacklisted drugs," reads it. The system has collapsed. ”
"There are thousands of athletes, probably hundreds of athletes in my sport, who have as many as 14 or 15 exemptions and still haven't tested positive.
"It's deceiving the sport, deceiving itself, deceiving the other participants, and deceiving the public. Friends, the sport is rigged, and fundamentally manipulated.
"Where is sport heading today? Nobody knows! If we allow these therapeutic exemptions, they can give a fighter a 10, 20, 30% advantage over their opponent, then what chance does the opponent have?
"What is the reality that the audience sees?" How can a clean player train tomorrow to improve himself after losing a match? ”
TiriakPlaying tennis from 1958 to 1979, he won the 1970 French Open doubles title with fellow Romanian Ilier Nastase. He has also coached many top ATP players, including Nastase, Boris Becker and Guillermo Vilas.
The Romanian, who owned the Madrid Masters between 2009 and 2021, ranked him as the third richest man in Romania in 2022 by Forbes magazine with a net worth of $1.6 billion.
The "Sinner Affair" had far-reaching implications. From WADA's point of view, it seems that the case has come to an end with a "three-month ban". But, is it really over?
It is reported that the Laureus Sports Institute has just made a decision to cancel the nomination of the Sinner-Lawrence Best Male Athlete.
Sinner and his team have gone all the way, mobilizing all resources and financial resources, and seem to have gotten the best results. However, who knows what the future holds? Sinner is only 23 years old and has at least a dozen years left in his career. Will it be haunted by stains all the time?
If the true nature of the incident is as Sinner said it is now, then Sinner was honest about everything at the beginning of the incident, rather than being exposed months after a few months of secrecy; If Sinner, with his noble character, bravely assumes all the responsibilities of the team, instead of blindly emphasizing that he has done nothing wrong; If Sinner had accepted the punishment like most ordinary players, rather than relying on his financial resources and connections to gain privilege...... Then, as long as Sinner is honest with the fans and fans, presumably most people will believe that everything is the fault of the team's physical trainers and physiotherapists, and Sinner may be better able to maintain his image and sincere and kind persona. And not like now, making people less and less convinced of tennis.
Yes, the results of the Sinner affair, put the sport of tennis to shame!
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