Jannik Sinner's lawyer has responded against the claims that the world number one has been treated favorably after the world did not reach an agreement in his doping case.
It must have been produced before the Sports Arbitration Court in April, after World Anti Doping (Wada) appealed the decision of the Tennis Integrity Agency to clarify it from any guilt for two tests failed last March.
The 23 -year -old week agreed with Wada to accept a three -month suspension to resolve the case.
Sinner, who has won the United States Open and the Australian Open since the case began, is fulfilling the ban between February 9 and May 4. Leave the three -free Grand Slam champion to compete at the France Open, which begins on May 25.
When confirming the sanction, Wada declared that he accepted Sinner 'he did not intend to deceive' his exposure to the forbidden substance that Clostebol 'did not provide any benefit to improve performance and took place without his knowledge as a result of the negligence of the members of his entourage. '
Sinner's lawyer, Jamie Singer, has responded to criticism after the agreement, after Novak Djokovic said that many players believe there was a “favoritism” for No. 1 of the world.
Jannik Sinner's lawyer has responded to criticism about the management of the star doping case
Sinner arrived at an agreement with Wada last week, which will see him fulfill a three -month prohibition
Novak Djokovic (left) said that players believe there was a “favoritism” after the case of Sinner
“I think players are always hawk when he is another player involved and possibly pigeons when they are,” said Singer in an interview with Sky News.
'It is very unfair. He (Sinner) has gone through the process from the beginning by the book. And there is no favoritism. It happens that these circumstances have been very unusual.
'He says he feels that he has been treated quite hard.
'Players have a great platform, but they do not necessarily have the opportunity to investigate and enter all the details that exist. Then they announce their opinions. But perhaps the facts need a little more research.
Singer added that Sinner should be persuaded to accept a three -month suspension to resolve the case, instead of proceeding to a CAS audience next month.
Djokovic, the 24 times Grand Slam champion, said the process has been “inconsistent.”
The Serbia star questioned whether the best players have received a favorably citing treatment received by SINNER and the female world NO2 IGA Swiatek, who accepted a suspension of one month last year after giving positive by trimetazidine, due to a contaminated melatonin supplement .
“I talked to several players in the locker room,” Djokovic said earlier this week. 'Not only in recent days but also in the previous months. Most of them are not satisfied with how the whole process has gone, and do not believe it is fair. Many of them believe there was favoritism.
Djokovic said that the majority of the players he has spoken with does not believe that the process has been fair
'We have seen the cases of Simona Halep and Tara Moore, and other perhaps less known players, who have had difficulties for years to solve their cases, or that have been suspended for a long time.
'I think it's really time to do something and address the system, because it is clear that the structure doesn't work that way.
'So yes, it is inconsistent and it seems very unfair, and that is all I have to say about it. We will see what happens in the near future, if the whole case will attract more attention and can shed light on other cases of lower level players. And we have to keep in mind that Sinner and Swiatek, at that time, were number 1 in the world.
The Tennis Players Association, an agency founded by Djokovic and Vasek PostpiSil, issued an explosive statement after the case of Sinner.
The association had affirmed that the anti -doping system is “a club” and the case discretion by case was “coverage for personalized agreements, unfair treatment and inconsistent decisions.”
The Ama general lawyer, Ross Wenzel, told the BBC That case of Sinner was “one million miles away from doping” after criticism of the process.
Wenzel added that Sinner was one of the 67 athletes who had reached the agreements in cases, since Wada introduced the possibility of case resolution agreements in 2021.
The anti -doping body of tennis, the tennis integrity agency, had accepted Sinner's explanation that the prohibited substance that Clostebol entered its system through a cream applied to a cut in the hand of its physio.
Sinner said the case had been 'hanging on him for almost a year' before the agreement
The Italian star will be eligible to play at the next Grand Slam event of the year, the France Open
They judged that he had no “failure or negligence” and did not issue suspension. Wada appealed, looking for a prohibition because they believe that the sentence should have been: “There are no significant failures or negligence.”
In a statement published after the case, Sinner said: 'This case had been hanging on me for almost a year and the process still had a lot of time to run with a decision perhaps only at the end of the year.
'I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and I realize that Wada's strict rules are an important protection for the sport I love. On that basis, I have accepted Wada's offer to solve these procedures based on a three -month sanction.