Just for the record there is ZERO scandal in the Sinner case. He and his lawyers worked within the framework of what the rules are in the situation he found himself and got a decision based on the evidence presented. No conspiracy, no cover up. WADA today have looked at it and…
Sinner's doping case: why there's no scandal, says Murray's ex-coach
ATPSunday, 29 September 2024 at 11:10
Former world number one Andy Murray’s coach, Mark Petchey, believes that there is no ‘scandal’ in Jannik Sinner’s doping case. The 23-year-old has been in the news for the wrong reasons recently as he narrowly escaped a ban after testing positive for the banned substance clostebol in two doping tests.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), in a detailed statement, announced that they accepted the player’s counsel’s response, which claimed that the banned substance was present in minimal quantity in the player’s sample because the player received a cream from a member of the coaching staff to treat an injury.
That decision received some backlash from a certain quarter in the tennis community where some current and former players who called for similar treatment for other players as well. On Friday, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced that they have lodged an appeal against the verdict from the ITIA in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that on Thursday, 26 September, it lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Italian tennis player, Jannik Sinner, who was found by an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to bear no fault or negligence having twice tested positive for clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024,” read their statement.
Former world number one Murray’s former coach Petchey, in a post on his official account on the social media platform X —previously known as Twitter— explained that Sinner's case does not involve a ‘scandal’ as he and his lawyers acted well within the rules available.
"Just for the record there is ZERO scandal in the Sinner case,” he wrote. “He and his lawyers worked within the framework of what the rules are in the situation he found himself and got a decision based on the evidence presented. No conspiracy, no cover up.”
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