Jannik Sinner dispute this Wednesday the quarterfinals of the US Openfacing Daniel Medvedevwhile in the circuit some voices continue to criticize the way of working carried out when he tested positive, up to two times, in ClostebolThe last one to speak on the subject has been one of the best tennis players in history: Roger Federer.
The Swiss spoke about the Sinner affair and doping, giving his clear view on what he thinks about it. “I think we are all pretty convinced that Jannik did nothing,” Federer began by saying about the Italian’s positive test for a banned substance earlier this year and the acquittal by the HATE.
“But the possible inconsistency that he didn’t have to stop playing while they weren’t 100 percent sure what was going on, I think that’s the question that needs to be answered. We also have to trust the process of everyone involved here,” Federer added in statements to The Today Showin Nueva York.
Federer continued: “Many people will have thought: ‘Was Sinner treated like everyone else?’ That’s the point of the whole story. That’s the question that needs to be answered, but that’s the way things are, and we have to trust the process and the people involved.” “It’s not something we want to see in our sport, this kind of news, regardless of whether he did something or not, or whether any player did it. It’s just noise that we don’t want,” he added.
The former Swiss tennis player also spoke about the condition that Sinner has been subjected to in recent months: “I understand that it is a complicated situation. “It is the nightmare of the athlete and the team when you are accused of something like that because we go through controls and fill out forms every day. It ends up living with you. Every morning, when you wake up, you think: ‘Has someone knocked on the door to test me?’ So it is really difficult.”
Roger Federer and Jannik Sinner
Finally, Federer reiterated his point of view not about Sinner but about the way the matter was handled: “We are all pretty sure that Jannik has done nothing wrong, but the question that needs to be answered is not so much about his innocence as about the possible inconsistency of the whole procedure, due to the fact that Sinner was not forced to stop while it was not 100 percent certain what was happening.”
Nadal also spoke
Federer’s message came just hours after he also Rafa Nadal to speak on the subject. It was in his interview on Monday in The Anthill“In the end, I trust in the good faith of the people and I do not believe in any case that Sinner wanted to dope. I also do not believe that we should only like justice when it is resolved in the way we think,” said the Spanish tennis player.
Nadal, moreover, does not believe in preferential treatment because he is the world number 1. “I don’t believe that because it is Sinner he will not be sanctioned, but if it were someone else, yes. I believe it and I am truly convinced of it,” he added. The two legends trust the Italian, but not so much in the way in which everything has been handled.
