tennis icon Rafael Nadal has made it clear he does not believe Jan nicker would have intentionally taken a performance-enhancing substance after the doping Saga surrounding the world number one on the eve of the US Open it emerged that centner 23 had tested positive for a ban substance in March he was eventually cleared and has maintained his innocence C's explanation that traces of the anabolic steroid CLA to had entered his body via massage from his former physio jaimone now he was accepted by an independent tribunal he was able to keep playing after successfully appealing his automatic suspensions after the positive tests before being cleared the case has caused plenty of controversy with Center admitting to getting a frosty reception from some players when the news came out and Nick curios among those to hit out at the case publicly but Nadal has defended Sinner and dismissed claims he may have received preferential treatment I don't believe that sinner wanted or meant to dope the doll told Spanish talk show El hormo Justice is Justice and we don't have to like it only when they decide what we want them to decide if he hasn't been sanctioned it's because the judge has clearly seen that he hasn't doped I don't think they have judged him as innocent simply because he is the world number one Speaking seing ahead of the US Open where sitter is facing Tommy Paul in the fourth round he admitted he had sleepless nights over the case he told ESPN it had an impact because I was often ill I didn't feel much energy on the court I think we saw this at Wimbledon for example I went through sleepless nights thinking about it and had some physical problems perhaps related to this there were very difficult moments on the court I didn't feel like myself I wasn't happy the process was very long and with time you feel a greater wait the great wait for the end the arrival of the results it wasn't an easy period but now I'm happy but now I just want to move on I'm not saying that everything will be okay straight away but I hope to feel happy on the court again and that wraps up today's news thank you for watching don't forget to like share and subscribe for more tennis content see you next time