Andre Agassi defends Jannik Sinner amid US Open controversy after doping case #usopen2024

[Music] we welcome you to our Superstar sports news these are our main [Music] headlines ready let's go top seated Italian tennis player yanic sinner is competing in the US Open amid a wave of controversy after it was revealed that the 2020 for Australian Open winner would not be suspended after testing positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March last week the international tennis Integrity agency Isa announced its decision that sinner was not at fault for two anti-doping violations in March when he tested positive for the prohibited substance clust bable twice within an 8-day period a provisional suspension was applied both times but siner successfully appealed each suspension and was able to continue competing the news broke after Cent when the cincin open and on the heels of the US Open leaving many in the tennis community to speculate as to why the issue was seemingly kept under wraps and if a double standard was applied in this case because of his success but eight time Grand Slam Champion Andre Agy defended sinner in a recent interview with Fox News digital was that material I don't believe it was material nor do I believe he would ever take a risk to put that little of it's not possible he said no nobody is going to purposely take that risk so I do believe it the investigation reportedly found that less than a billionth of a gram was in CER system he said he was contaminated with the substance when his fitness trainer purchased an over the counter spray in Italy that contained colable and gave it to Sinner's physiotherapist to treat a cut on the physiotherapist finger the physiotherapist then treated cner while not wearing gloves while some players question the explanation others called for suspension and more consistency but Agy disagrees based on the facts of Sinner's case if you're going to Performance enhancement cheat you're not going to put a billionth of a gram of something in your body on purpose you're going to get a benefit from the performance enhancer if that's your objective he said Agassi urged those with concerns about the process to direct their attention to the system and not the player he added that siners ability to continue playing despite the ongoing case is something all players should be afforded it's not like when you miss three tests or you don't take three tests like we've seen with a couple players that's an immediate action right so the quietness of it is always there in any due process unless a player willingly chooses to talk about it and his ability to play while it's being appealed it's not necessarily a rule it's a law it's sad for the sport Agy added added I don't ever like that news coming out I don't ever like anybody having to go through it I'm sure this has been a horrible time for yanet carrying the weight of this and I hope everybody directs it at solving a problem if a problem exists I'm thinking the sooner we move past that the better this guy is great for the game and I don't think he cheats we hope to have you commenting sharing and liking our videos also if you want to support my work with a voluntary contribution I leave you my PayPal account any contribution will be greatly appreciated and will directly contribute to continuing to create quality content thank you again for all your support and see you soon

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