Alexander Zverev has described the \u201cwhole process\u201d of Jannik Sinner\u2019s doping case and the length of the Italian\u2019s ban as \u201cstrange.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a>\u00a0has been suspended from tennis for three months, with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announcing on Saturday that it had agreed a settlement with the Italian\u2019s representatives.<\/p>\n The Italian tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid clostebol twice in March 2024 \u2014 during and after the Indian Wells Masters.<\/p>\n The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) revealed in August that the world No 1 would not be banned from playing after an independent tribunal ruled he bore \u201cno fault or negligence.\u201d<\/p>\n The tribunal accepted Sinner\u2019s explanation that clostebol had entered his body by accidental contamination when he received a massage from his former physio, Giacomo Naldi, who had used a spray containing the steroid to treat a cut on his finger.<\/p>\n However, WADA appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the ITIA\u2019s ruling in September, seeking to impose a suspension of between one and two years on Sinner.<\/p>\n The case was scheduled to be heard at the CAS from April 16-17, but Sinner avoided the prospect of a longer ban by agreeing a deal with WADA.<\/p>\n The three-time Grand Slam champion\u2019s suspension period runs from February 9 until May 4 (his ban also includes four days previously served while he was under a provisional suspension).<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner doping ban: How many points will world No 1 drop due to suspension?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u2018ATP president is Italian and as luck would have it, Jannik Sinner will resume in Rome\u2019 \u2013 Wimbledon winner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Speaking at his pre-tournament press conference at the Rio Open, Zverev weighed in on the resolution to the Sinner saga.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a strange situation because obviously it\u2019s been a very long process where first he was exonerated, then WADA wanted to take a second look and things like that,\u201d the world No 2 said.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me, I think there are two options. Either you are not guilty and you should not receive any suspension. Because if you are not guilty, then you are not guilty. You should not be punished.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if you are guilty, then I think that for taking steroids, three months is not a suspension.<\/p>\n \u201cSo for me, you have to decide whether it was his fault or not. If it\u2019s not his fault, then he shouldn\u2019t get a three-month suspension, but if it is his fault, then this is strange in a way.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole process, the whole situation that has existed for the last year, has been almost strange.\u201d<\/p>\n Lorenzo Musetti,\u00a0who is also playing in Rio, gave his thoughts on his Italian compatriot\u2019s ban.<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone is free to have their own opinion. I don\u2019t really know the facts, so it\u2019s difficult to judge,\u201d the world No 17 said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut of course I trust the organisation and all the committees that have been behind the process. So if that decision is the three-month suspension, for us I don\u2019t think it will have changed much.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if he had spoken to Sinner since the deal was announced, Musetti added: \u201cNo, I haven\u2019t been in contact with him, but I\u2019ll probably see him in Monte Carlo. Because he\u2019s not supposed to play, but of course he\u2019ll be there.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0Novak Djokovic\u2019s PTPA makes strong statement on Jannik Sinner\u2019s doping ban<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Alexander Zverev makes his feelings clear on Jannik Sinner\u2019s \u2018strange\u2019 doping ban<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alexander Zverev has described the \u201cwhole process\u201d of Jannik Sinner\u2019s doping case and the length of the Italian\u2019s ban as \u201cstrange.\u201d Sinner\u00a0has been suspended from tennis for three months, with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announcing on Saturday that it had agreed a settlement with the Italian\u2019s representatives. 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