The Australian fire brand Nick Kyrgios has closed Jack Draper after the British tennis star defended Jannik Sinner about his bomb three -month doping ban.
Sinner, who claimed the victory in the Australia Open last month, will fulfill the suspension from February 9 to May 4 after reaching an agreement with the World Anti -Doping Agency (AMA) on its two positive doping tests the last year.
The Italian is currently the best player in the world and Draper believes that it is not good for tennis that is prohibited from player No. 1.
'I know Jannik, he is a good friend and I know that with all this, I am sure that he would have not done anything intentionally. But obviously, that is sport and we have to be responsible for what is in our bodies, “Draper told Sky Sports.
'Obviously it is now prohibited for a few months. I don't think it's good for tennis. I do not think it is good for the sport that the number 1 player in the world and someone who is doing incredible things is having a prohibition, but you know that he will return shortly and I wish him all the best. I hope it will be fine.
Kyrgios, who has been the hardest and stronger critic of Sinner, read Draper's comments and responded bluntly about X: “So you don't have steroids in your system?”
Nick Kyrgios has delivered a blunt response to Jack Draper after the British tennis star defended the Italian Jannik Sinner
Draper (in the photo) is a good friend of Sinner and said it was a bad look for tennis that had the number 1 forbidden of the game
The world number 1 will be eligible to play at the next Grand Slam event of the year, the France Open, which begins on May 19. However, the next tournament in which it can play is Italy's open, which begins on May 7.
Kyrgios, predictably, did not take long to sound in the ruling when it was announced last week.
He published in X: 'So Wada goes out and says it would be a prohibition of 1-2 years. Obviously, the Sinner team has done everything in its power to move forward and take a 3 months prohibition, without lost titles, without prizes it was lost. Guilty or not? Sad day for tennis. Justice in tennis does not exist.
In a separate publication to Instagram, Kyrgios said again.
'For the tennis players of the future generation: after today, you can drug money or titles and continues, 'he published.
'Sad day for me: someone who has practiced this sport since he was 7 years old, fought against injuries after an injury and has given a shit load to this sport. I pray that children who practice this sport do so in the right way.
In a statement issued by his lawyers, 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.
No 1 Jannik Sinner Jannik received an immediate three months of tennis prohibition
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.
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 August last year, Sinner denied accusations that they gave him special treatment, and insists that his conscience is clean, after avoiding a prohibition.
“Of course I was worried, because it was the first time for me, you know, and hopefully the last time I am in this situation,” Sinner continued. “I think I am a player just on and off the court … in my mind I know that I have not done anything wrong.”
Sinner insisted that “he will always respect these anti -doping rules” and denied that he has been treated as a special case. 'All players who get positive have to go through the same process. There is no shortcut, there is no different treatment, '' he said.
'Sometimes I know the frustration of other players obviously. But perhaps because they were suspended, they did not know exactly where it comes from, also what substance, but the main reason is where it comes from and how it entered their own system.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency announced that, although SINNER was docked 400 classification points and $ 250,000, it was discovered that it had no 'fault or negligence'.
The 23 -year -old positive for the first time during the event at Indian Wells on March 10, then again eight days later.
Sinner was provisionally suspended, but on both occasions he successfully appealed and was allowed to continue playing while the court evaluated the evidence. But after a long investigation of doors behind closed color, the reason for the player of the extremely small quantity of clostebol was accepted in his system, less than one billion grams.