Chris Evert believes doping regulations do protect top players amid the news of jnx Sinner's two failed drug tests on world no one in Australian Open Champion Center has been found to be of no fault after twice testing positive for clust ball in March this year with one test coming during Indian Wells after both tests the Italian and his team successfully appealed against an initial suspension meaning he was able to play without the violations becoming public knowledge sinner has been stripped of his Indian Wells prize money and ranking points though the ruling cleared him of any wrongdoing and no further action will be taken the manner of the ruling and the handling of the case has raised a few eyebrows with ATP Stars such as Liam bro and Dennis shapovalov insinuating that there is a layer of protection for the highest ranked players tennis icon ever also believes there is an extra layer of support available for the game's biggest stars I do think that they protect the top players said a speaking as part of an ESPN preview to the US Open so by protecting I mean they're going to keep it secret for a couple of months they're going to keep certain things secret if you're a top player because they don't want the press the players don't want the Press it's all going to come out in 3 months anyway so I do think there is some protection there than if you were Joe Smith ranked 400 in the world the itcha accepted sinner story that the clust bable was unwittingly trans transmitted via his physio who had used a skin cream containing the substance on his own cut before making skin to- skinin contact while believing tennis has done a good job in stamping down on doping ever questioned why siners team had not learned lessons from previous high-profile cases within the sport my only question is the steroid colable yes it was on the counter in Italy you can buy it off the counter so that's just like buying aspirin off the counter I think tennis is done an accurate