Djokovic desires ‘clear protocols’ in tennis after Sinner doping case | Tennis Information

Serbian tennis nice says he understands the frustration of some gamers over the ‘lack of consistency’ in doping guidelines.

Tennis nice Novak Djokovic will get why some gamers query whether or not there are double requirements within the sport after Jannik Sinner was spared motion regardless of testing constructive for steroids twice, saying he agrees that there’s “a scarcity of consistency”.

Sinner examined constructive twice in March for an anabolic steroid, however the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company decided the banned efficiency enhancer entered his system unintentionally by way of a therapeutic massage from his physiotherapist.

The ruling was introduced on Tuesday, lower than every week earlier than Sinner begins the US Open because the top-seeded man. Djokovic, who gained the event final 12 months for a document twenty fourth Grand Slam males’s singles title, is the second seed.

“I perceive the frustration of the gamers is there, due to a scarcity of consistency,” Djokovic mentioned.

“As I understood, his case was cleared the second principally it was introduced.”

“We see a scarcity of standardised and clear protocols. I can perceive the feelings of a whole lot of gamers which are questioning whether or not they’re handled the identical,” Djokovic mentioned.

Some gamers commented on social media after the information broke, questioning if Sinner caught a break due to his standing as among the finest gamers within the recreation.

Canadian participant Denis Shapovalov was a type of who questioned the so-called double requirements within the recreation.

Can’t think about what each different participant that bought banned for contaminated substances is feeling proper now

— Denis Shapovalov (@denis_shapo) August 20, 2024

The 23-year-old Italian was notified earlier this 12 months he had examined constructive for low ranges of the banned anabolic agent clostebol in the course of the Indian Wells Masters in March.

An out-of-competition check eight days later was additionally constructive.

Sinner mentioned he was provisionally suspended for a number of days, though that truth was not made public on the time, and insisted that he was handled the identical as another participant.

“There is no such thing as a shortcut, there isn’t any completely different remedy, they’re all the identical course of,” Sinner mentioned.

He and his camp shortly appealed on grounds the drug entered his system when his physiotherapist used a twig containing it to deal with a minimize, then offered therapeutic massage and sports activities remedy to the participant.

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— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) August 20, 2024

Djokovic mentioned the Skilled Tennis Gamers Affiliation that he co-founded advocates for gamers for clear and honest protocols and standardised approaches to circumstances.

“Many gamers … have had related or just about the identical circumstances, the place they haven’t had the identical end result,” Djokovic mentioned, “and now the query is whether or not it’s a case of the funds – whether or not a participant can afford to pay a major sum of money for a legislation agency that might then extra effectively symbolize his or her case.”

Carlos Alcaraz, the 2022 US Open champion, mentioned Sinner’s case was a fragile concern.

“I feel there’s one thing behind this that lots of people don’t know. I don’t even know. In the long run, it’s one thing very troublesome to speak about,” Alcaraz mentioned.

“In the long run, he examined constructive, however there have to be a motive that allowed him to maintain taking part in that we don’t know. So I can not discuss so much about it. He was declared harmless and so now we have Jannik within the event. And so there’s not a lot to speak about and I’m [in] no place so as to add anything.”