"You should also be on this side of things": Nick Kyrgios lashes out at fan for criticizing his stance on Jannik Sinner's doping incident

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios has hit back at a fan on social media after being criticised for taking a strong stance against Italy’s Jannik Sinner. The 29-year-old has being famous for having an opinion and for that, he has received some strong criticism as well.

Kyrgios has been once again in the news recently after he recently criticised world number one Sinner who escaped a ban despite testing positive for a banned substance twice. “Ridiculous - whether it was accidental or planned. You get tested twice with a banned (steroid) substance… you should be gone for 2 years. Your performance was enhanced. Massage cream…. Yeah nice,” he wrote.

A user on social media who claimed to be an Andy Murray fan lambasted Kyrgios in a post. "OMG, all of Jannik Sinner's peers are speaking out against him" and then you look at who it is and it's fucking Nick Kyrgios,” the user wrote. In response to that, the former world number 10 hit back by highlighting how the former world number one has always supported more tests and for the athletes to come clean. “You d riding Murray your whole life you should also be on this side of things. Murray was for more doping tests and being clean,” he wrote.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency explained the reasons behind its decision, highlighting that it accepted the explanation of the Italian tennis star, who stated that it was his staff’s mistake.

“The player explained that the substance had entered their system as a result of contamination from a support team member, who had been applying an over-the-counter spray (available in Italy) containing clostebol to their own skin to treat a small wound," the statement read. "That support team member applied the spray between 5 and 13 March, during which time they also provided daily massages and sports therapy to Sinner, resulting in unknowing transdermal contamination. Following consultation with scientific experts, who concluded that the player’s explanation was credible, the ITIA did not oppose the player’s appeals to lift the provisional suspensions.”