Novak Djokovic on Monday urged tennis authorities to overhaul the sport's anti-doping system, highlighting \"inconsistencies\" in cases involving top stars like Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek. 🏆
World number one Jannik Sinner agreed to a three-month ban on Saturday, admitting \"partial responsibility\" for mistakes by his team that led to him twice testing positive for traces of clostebol last March.
Italy's Sinner was initially facing a potential two-year suspension after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his exoneration by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) in August. In a surprising move, WADA withdrew its appeal and agreed to accept a three-month ban.
In another high-profile case last year, Poland's five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned heart drug trimetazidine.
Djokovic expressed his concerns, stating, \"There's a majority of the players that I've talked to in the locker room, not just in the last few days, but also last few months, that are not happy with the way this whole process has been handled.\" He added, \"A majority of the players don't feel that it's fair. A majority of the players feel like there is favoritism happening. It seems like, it appears that you can almost affect the outcome if you are a top player, if you have access to the top lawyers.\" 💬
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Djokovic calls for overhaul of 'unfair' anti-doping system in tennis
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