The American and world icon of tennis, the owner of the largest number of ATP titles, Jimmy Connors, addressed the rumors that WADA could disqualify today’s best tennis player, Janik Siner, for a year due to doping.
“Tennis is a way of escape for Siner. Once he’s on the court, he doesn’t have time to think – only about the game and the opponent. He knows what he needs to do to win. But how to “survive” the remaining 20 hours of the day? I’m not enough for him close to understand how it affects him. And frankly, it’s not my style to be a part of it. I just know that tennis may not be able to withstand the disqualification of such high-class players. WADA has already shown in the past that it is not afraid to remove lower-ranked players from the tour . But I don’t know if tennis will survive the situation with a top player,” Connors emphasized.
Siner was found to have traces of doping, he avoided disqualification because his team members immediately realized that they had made a mistake by using an illegal massage cream, which contains an anabolic steroid – klostebol…
Whether the WADA appeal, which implies a one-year disqualification, will be respected is a question. What is certain is that Siner’s results, except for the semifinals of the Masters in Indian Wells, will remain valid.
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