Abodi, Italian Sports Minister on the Sinner case: "We're talking about a total lack of responsibility".

Could the Jannik Sinner doping case become an affair of state?

While he was initially cleared, the World Anti-Doping Agency recently appealed the decision, going so far as to demand between one and two years' suspension for the current world number 1.

Clearly outraged by the situation, Andrea Abodi, the Italian Minister for Sport, came to the defense of the man who has become a veritable hero in Italy.

He declared: "We're talking about a total lack of responsibility, which is proven and reinforced by the decision to remove people from his team who behaved irresponsibly.

The appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) could also be a technical, natural fact.

If you want to give credibility to the fight against doping, you also have to be credible in these circumstances."