ATP boss on Sinner doping case: "I'm 100% sure there was no preferential treatment"

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Jules Hypolite

le 09/01/2025 à 20h36

1 min to read

Gaudenzi Sinner

Jannik Sinner will kick off his 2025 season at the Australian Open, where he will defend the title he won last year against Daniil Medvedev.

But the world No. 1 is still awaiting the verdict of the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal into his clostebol contamination last year.

ATP boss Andrea Gaudenzi spoke out on the subject just before the first Grand Slam of the season: "I really think there's been a lot of misinformation, which is a shame. I'm 100% sure there's been no preferential treatment.

The process was carried out properly by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).

The process is identical, he (Sinner) has not been treated differently. But every case is different, every circumstance is different.

Sometimes a player appeals a suspension and is unsuccessful. Sometimes that's the case, and it depends on the evidence, the expert opinion and the substance.

We have all the evidence that the process was carried out correctly by the ITIA. We'll understand if anyone wants to delve deeper and read all the documents."

Furthermore, Gaudenzi also mentioned that a possible suspension of the current world No. 1 would not affect tennis in any significant way:

"Obviously, it wouldn't be good for the sport and it would be a shame.

But we'll have to live with it. If that's the case, I think he'll survive and we'll survive. Generally speaking, tennis is a very solid product."