{"id":10694,"date":"2025-02-15T19:15:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/jannik-sinner-doping-ban-sad-day-for-tennis-that-leaves-sour-taste\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T19:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T19:15:25","slug":"jannik-sinner-doping-ban-sad-day-for-tennis-that-leaves-sour-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/jannik-sinner-doping-ban-sad-day-for-tennis-that-leaves-sour-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner doping ban: ‘Sad day for tennis’ that leaves ‘sour taste’"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) has criticised the apparent inconsistencies between recent doping cases.<\/p>\n

Last month it launched a new scheme<\/a> offering players facing allegations of doping or corruption access to pro bono legal support.<\/p>\n

The scheme was co-founded by former British doubles player Tara Moore, who served a two-year absence because of a doping ban which was later overturned<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the news of Sinner’s ban, Moore posted on X: “Can someone explain how a negotiation was possible?”<\/p>\n

A PTPA statement read: “The ‘system’ is not a system. It’s a club. Supposed case-by-case discretion is, in fact, merely cover for tailored deals, unfair treatment, and inconsistent rulings.<\/p>\n

“It’s not just the different results for different players. It’s the lack of transparency. The lack of process. The lack of consistency…<\/p>\n

“This bias is unacceptable for all athletes and shows a deep disrespect for every sport and its fans.”<\/p>\n

Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has previously accused the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) of double standards – a claim it has strenuously denied.<\/p>\n

Halep was given a four-year ban for two separate doping offences in 2022 which was later reduced to nine months.<\/p>\n

Halep was critical when it was announced world number two Swiatek would serve a one-month doping ban in November, posting on Instagram at the time: “I stand and ask myself, why is there such a big difference in treatment and judgment?<\/p>\n

“I can’t find and I don’t think there can be a logical answer. It can only be bad will from the ITIA, the organisation that has done absolutely everything to destroy me despite the evidence.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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