By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_now | Sunday, April 6, 2025
Photo Credit: Matthew Calvis
Deadly Jannik Sinner’s Raising in the world no. 1.
Simple decision-making forced the sinner to accept a three-month suspension from tennis.
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In a new interview with Sky Sports ItaliaThe sinner said his decision to accept the three-month ban and resolve Wada’s appeal on his doping issue was “the worst evil”.
As the sinner calls his suspension “unjust” he also observes “could be worse”.
“After all, you have to choose the least evil and I believe this is what I have done,” Sinner said Sky Sports Italia. “Even if sometimes it seems a little unjust, everything I am living, but then if I look at things from a different perspective, it could be worse.
“Even more injustice. That’s the way it is.”
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.
This decision pushed Wada to appeal the issue – and require a detention of one to two years old.
“This case was hanged on me now for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision probably only at the end of the year,” Sinner said in a statement in February accepting the suspension. “I have always admitted that I am responsible for my team and understand that 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.”
IN Sky Sports ItaliaThe sinner said the decision to accept the detention was made relatively quickly – and although he had reservations he acted on the advice of his legal team.
“The decision to get the three-month suspension was quite quick,” Sinner said. “We accepted it quite soon, though I didn’t fully agree.
“There was little back and forth with my lawyer and the people around me. After making this decision, it took me a while to find myself again.”
The Open Open Sinner champion is serving its suspension from 9 to 11:59 pm on May 4. This means that the sinner has the right to return before the dedicated Italian fans in Rome’s red clay in May.
Despite the stormy controversy over his issue, the sinner says he is calm and eager for his return to Rome.
“I’m still here. There is still little time to dissolve all this, but I can’t wait to go back to Rome,” Sinner said. “It’s a special tour for me, though it will also be very difficult.
“I’ll be back in a moment in which there will already be a lot of attention for me, and in Rome it’s not easy. But let’s say I’m living every day in a quiet way.”
In his absence, some of the rivals of sinners have been asked their reaction to its three-month suspension.
Some are not pulling punches.
Grand Slam King Novak Djokovic He said he personally finds the “strange” issue and shared other players believe that world No.1 proved “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 carelessness of some members of his team, who are working on tours,” Djokovic told Doha media at the beginning of this season. “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.”
Asked what the reaction expects to get from the rivals, the sinner said that time will tell and maintain his innocence.
“I can’t answer this question because I don’t know what can happen,” the sinner said. “I know how things went. I know I’m innocent.
“I’m quiet because in the end I know what I want to do is play tennis and be calm. This is the end of the story. So I’m sure they will all go well, even if at first it will take a while to start. These are questions that I don’t know how to answer.”
Another main question: How will the sinner return from this vacation?
By strengthening his status as a hard king, shattered sinner Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 in the Australian Open final successfully defending his AO championship with command in January.
It was the 21st Best of Sinner’s 21st career-he has not lost since he bent over to Carlos Alcaraz in the Beijing final last fall-and his 21st direct victory of Grand Slam.
Can the sinner continue to board the winning wave in Rome and later Roland Garros?
Initially, world no. 1 said he spent his days looking at the calendar – adhering to the days until his return.
Recently, the sinner has set his time for more practical purposes working on strengthening the game and his mind for his much -expected return.
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“I ceased to do what I have always dreamed of doing. I’m in the best position to play this sport,” Sinner said.
“At first I counted the days, but now every day that passes as time approaches, I feel better physically and mentally.
“Even if there is still time, it is a great opportunity for me to improve in those areas in which I have had difficulties, on a surface in which I fight. So let’s try to do something different. We hope it works – otherwise we will have more time to try again.”
