Roger Federer makes view clear on Jannik Sinner doping row and points out 'inconsistency'【News】

Published: Sep 03, 2024 Duration: 00:05:35 Category: People & Blogs

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[Music] Roger Federer has had his say on janx Sinner's doping Saga Roger Federer has become the latest tennis star to weighin on janx Sinner's doping Saga the Italian twice tested positive for the ban substance clost ball in March of this year but successfully appealed his provisional suspensions after arguing that the positive tests were the result of contamination last month an independent tribunal ruled that he B no fault or negligence for the two anti-doping violations Federer has now called out the inconsistencies in Sinner's case and claimed that it brought unwanted noise to the sport last month Sinner and the international tennis Integrity agency announced the news of the Italian's positive tests and the result of his independent tribunal hearing the tribunal was held on August 15th with the news made public on August 20th although the two positive tests came in March it was the first time the tennis world learned of siners anti-doping violations it prompted questions over whether sinner was treated unfairly with other players often forced to serve provisional suspensions while they await a final decision however official documents from the hearing revealed that sinner appealed his two provisional bans when he was first notified of them earlier in the year as three experts found his explanation of contamination plausible Federer has now claimed that questions over the inconsistencies need to be answered though the 20time Grand Slam Champion trusts that sinner didn't do anything it's not something we want to see in our sport these types of news regardless if you did something or not or any player did it's just noise that we don't want feder are told today I understand it's a tricky situation it's the night nightmare of every athlete and team to have these allegations and these problems because we fill out these forms all day every day and it lives with you every morning when you wake up you think is somebody at the door coming to test me so it's really difficult while the retired Swiss star understands the fears of failing a doping test he also recognized why other players would be questioning whether sinner received preferential treatment he continued I understand the frustration of has he been treated the same as others and I think this is where it comes down to [Music] [Applause] [Music] fore [Music] foree for [Music] for [Music] spee e e

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