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Bonzi charges WADA after Sinner's suspension: "Very bizarre case management".

Le 16/02/2025 à 12h41 par Adrien Guyot
Bonzi charges WADA after Sinner's suspension: Very bizarre case management.

Jannik Sinner's three-month suspension is still causing a stir.

On Saturday February 15, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that the Italian world number 1 had accepted a period of suspension from February 9 to May 4.

Sinner will thus be allowed to resume competition as from the Rome Masters 1000 on home soil next spring.

Benjamin Bonzi, who will be competing in the doubles draw in Marseille, was asked about this in a press conference.

"I find it very strange. If it had happened to me, I'd already have taken two years off and we wouldn't be talking about it anymore. We're talking about an agreement, about negotiations on terms.

There are regulations. First, we find out about it six months later, and after that, he's still allowed to play. We consider that the doses are too small to have an impact or anything.

I get the impression that it's all over the place, that you never really know what's going on.

There were rumours that there would be a trial later in the year, that he risked a much longer suspension.

Now, apparently, there's an agreement, and it's okay to take three months. It's very bizarre case management," said Bonzi.

His doubles team-mate Pierre Hugues-Herbert, with whom Bonzi will contest the Open 13 doubles final this Sunday, shared his compatriot's opinion.

"I don't know what to think about Max Purcell, for example (the Australian has been provisionally suspended by WADA since December 12, 2024 for using a "prohibited method", reminds RMC).

Mikael Ymer also got two years because he failed three doping tests. It's very special," concluded Herbert.

Jannik Sinner
1e, 12030 points
Benjamin Bonzi
69e, 905 points
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
144e, 431 points
Max Purcell
331e, 150 points
Mikael Ymer
618e, 53 points
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