By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennisnow | Monday, February 17, 2025
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Novak Djokovic It’s the Grand Slam King celibacy.
Many players see Jannik Sinner’s Suspension as a safe sign has a double standard in the way the tennis elite stars are treated compared to the rest of the range and file says 24 times the Grand Slam Djokovic sample.
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Before starting his search for a 100th career wreath, Djokovic met the media in Doha today, where he was asked his reaction to the sinner by accepting a three-month suspension to resolve his doping issue.
Former Numri 1 Djokovic said he personally finds the “strange” issue and shared other players believe that world number 1 showed “favoring” in what his suspension ends in May.
Suspension time means that the open champion and Australian Open will not lose a major and may continue his follow -up to the Grand Slam calendar.
“Jannik will have a three-month suspension due to some mistakes and neglect of some members of his team, who are working on tours,” Djokovic told Doha media. “This is also something that I personally and many other players see weird.
“I’ve spoken to some players in the closet room, not only in the last days, but also in the months ago.
“Most of them are not happy with the way the whole process has gone and do not think it was right. Many believe there was favor.”
The 10-time Australian Open sample said the issue of the fact that the stars can afford legal teams and potentially a more favorable result.
“It looks like you can almost influence the result if you are a top player if you have access to high lawyers,” Djokovic told Doha media.
Sinner is serving a three-month suspension that will stop him from tennis from February 9 to 4-May to resolve the issue, the World Anti-Doping Agency reported on Saturday.
Wada had appealed the issue of sin to the Arbitration Court for sports with Italian hero Davis Cup faces a year’s perspective or more suspension if the complaint was successful.
Last March, Sinner twice tested positive for the prohibited steroid clostebol in the “low levels” the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced on August before the start of US Open.
The Australian double champion Open Sinner was not suspended and allowed to play because an independent court ruled that he was in “no guilt” for steroid pollution in his system. The three-month suspension means that the sinner will not miss a major after he follows the chase of the Grand Slam calendar.
“This case had been hanged for me for almost a year now and the process still had a long time to run with a decision probably only at the end of the year,” the sinner said in a statement. “I have always admitted that I am responsible for my team and to realize the strict rules of WADA are an important protection for the sport I want.
“On that basis, I have accepted WADA’s offer to solve these procedures on the basis of a three-month sanction.”
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The Serbian superstar says when players see the sinner hit with a three-month suspension, while the former world no. 1 Simona Halep and Briton Tara Moore were hit with tougher penalties, they see a double standard in the system.
“Simona Halep and Tara Moore and some other players who are probably the least known to have been fighting to resolve their issues for years, or have been banned for years,” Djokovic said.
