Tennis star Nick Kyrgios slammed gamers who have been suspended through the season for doping-related violations on Saturday because the Brisbanae Worldwide started.
The Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) charged Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek with failing doping exams. The ITIA decided that Sinner wasn’t responsible after he had examined constructive for an anabolic steroid in March. Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension in November after she had examined constructive for trimetazidine.
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FILE – Nick Kyrgios of the Eagles returns the ball to Grigor Dimitrov of the Falcons throughout a match on Day 3 of the World Tennis League at Coca-Cola Area in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Picture/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Each Sinner and Swiatek have been No. 1 on the boys’s and ladies’s sides of the game, respectively.
Kyrgios stated the violations have been “disgusting for our sport.”
“Two world No.1s each getting carried out for doping is disgusting for our sport. It’s a horrible look,” the Aussie star stated. “Tennis integrity proper now, and everybody is aware of it, however nobody desires to talk about it, it’s terrible.”
He went on to say he would by no means attempt to use a banned substance.
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Iga Swiatek of Staff Poland celebrates victory towards Irina-Camelia Bego of Staff Romania through the Girls’s Singles First Spherical on day one of many Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Roland Garros on July 27. (Matthew Stockman/Getty Photos)
“Particularly going via an damage like I went via, clearly there are issues on the market that might velocity up therapeutic, assist me get again to prime stage, assist my restoration,” he stated.
“There’s so many issues on the market which are prohibited in our sport that I may have been doing to get me again faster … (however) that’s simply not who I’m. I’m at all times towards that.”
Kyrgios questioned why officers didn’t reveal Sinner’s failed check sooner if he was going to be cleared anyway. The Italian star argued that his physiotherapist unintentionally contaminated him throughout remedy with clostebol.
Kyrios hasn’t performed in a match since June 2023 as he handled knee points.
Jannik Sinner, of Italy, reacts after scoring a degree towards Taylor Fritz, of the USA, through the males’s singles closing of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 8, in New York. 2024. (AP Picture/Seth Wenig)
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He teamed with Novak Djokovic within the doubles match at Brisbane Worldwide and has a matchup within the singles match towards France’s Giovanni Perricard.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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