Das milde Strafmaß für seinen Kollegen Jannik Sinner irritiert Tennisprofi Novak Djokovic. Er habe den Verdacht, dass man das Ergebnis der Antidopingagentur beeinflussen könne, »wenn man ein Topspieler ist«.
Novak Djokovic has criticized the three-month doping suspension imposed on Jannik Sinner, calling it inconsistent and unfair. Djokovic compared the lenient punishment for Sinner to other doping cases in tennis, such as Iga Świątek's one-month suspension, and criticized the current anti-doping system as ineffective and lacking player trust in WADA and ITIA. Sinner, ranked number one in the world, was allowed to return for Roland Garros after WADA accepted his argument that the steroid Clostebol was accidentally administered by a physiotherapist. The German anti-doping agency expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome. Alexander Zverev, the second-ranked player, also expressed confusion, questioning the fairness of a three-month suspension for steroid use.
