If Yevgeny Kafelnikov has expressed his opinions very harshly on Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner’s doping issues, one other former Russian tennis nice, Nikolay Davidenko, expressed himself fully in a different way about his countryman.
The previous world quantity 3 – in addition to two-time semifinalist at Roland Garros and two-time semifinalist on the US Open – acknowledged in an interview with the Russian media Championat that tennis is tennis and you’ll by no means change into #1 because of doping.
“You go to the pharmacy, take a pill for the bronchi and there is salbutamol, which is considered doping. You always have to go to a sports doctor, it’s such an absurdity. You won’t become a better player by taking a pill. Tennis is tennis, you won’t become number one in the world thanks to doping.
It used to be easier to regulate doping. We were also pressured, but we perceived it as normal. I didn’t worry much, I drank and ate everywhere without even thinking about possible consequences in this sense. Today the situation has worsened,” he defined.
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However within the meantime, tennis continues to speak in regards to the circumstances which have concerned and concern the Polish and the Italian, each discovered optimistic for doping (Clostebol for Jannik, TMZ for Iga) throughout this season.
If for the Polish tennis participant a one-month disqualification has arrived, the destiny of Sinner continues to be unknown with the result of the WADA attraction to the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport that ought to be mentioned in February. Nearly a 12 months after testing optimistic throughout the BNP Paribas Open event in Indian Wells in March 2024.
The state of affairs relating to the Polish and the Italian has clearly attracted a whole lot of controversy and fierce criticism. Many tennis gamers, corresponding to Nick Kyrgios and Simona Halep have brazenly sided towards Jannik and the Polish, as have many different former gamers and insiders. Others, corresponding to American legend Andy Roddick, have sided in help of Swiatek and Sinner.
