In one of the latest episodes of his podcast Served with, the legendary American Andy Roddick offered his followers an in-depth analysis on Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol doping issue.
A situation that sees the fate of the young Italian still hanging in the balance: a disqualification sentence that could be 1-2 years (that’s what WADA is asking for) hangs over his head and the final word on the matter will not arrive before mid-February 2025.
Sinner is already certain that at least until February 11th of next year there will be no hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and therefore he will be regularly present in Melbourne for the Australian Open. But what will happen next? Will a disqualification be triggered as requested by WADA or will the Court of Arbitration for Sport decide for no type of sanction or for a reduced sanction?
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Roddick – also in light of the doping issue involving Iga Swiatek – shared his deep analysis, explaining: “I’m always obsessed with precedents. Iga was suspended for a month. I don’t know what will happen with Jannik Sinner but I feel like at this point they will do something, they have created a precedent.”
Roddick talked about the possible suspension of Sinner, indicating three months as the feeling that seems most likely. He said it would be difficult to get six months when Swiatek got a month, difficult to get even a month when the Polish player got a month, because in Sinner’s case it was his entire team that was at fault.
Roddick also reiterated as he has stated several times in recent months that he does not believe that Sinner was doping on purpose and that, if he was, he should be suspended for much longer.
“All the scientists tell us that he has not improved his performance at all. Let’s say the sentence is on February 11th, for example, if it’s a month, March 11th, he’s at the limit of Indian Wells and could probably play Miami. If it’s two months it would be April 11th, he would miss Indian Wells and Miami, but it wouldn’t be the end of the world for him.
If it’s three months it would be May 11th, with the French Open starting on May 25th. If they give him three months, for me if you’re Jannik Sinner, you accept it and we’ll close the matter like that. If he gets a six-month suspension, then it would be brutal for him, missing Slams and being released just before the US Open. That would be like screwing him and it would be a big deal,” added the American.
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