Yannik Sinner is removed for three months. disqualification due to doping.
This is reported by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
The disqualification of a 23-year-old Italian will last from February 9 to May 4, 2025, but he may return to training From April 13,
the corresponding decision was made after Sinner independently agreed to such a disqualification as a result of cooperation with WADA.
previously reported that Yannik He avoided the disqualification for two failed doping tests passed in March 2024. Then, in the blood of the Italian, a forbidden substance was found by Clostebol: at first-during the tournament in Indian-Wells, where he reached the semifinals, and then-after eight days, in the extra-revival period. In both cases, a low concentration of a substance in the body was recorded.
During the investigation, it was found that the prohibited substance fell into the Sinner's body due to the fault of one of the members of his team. He processed a cut on his own finger with a spray, which included clostobol, and then made Yannik massage. This led to the fact that the doping was in the body of a tennis player. At the same time, neither the physiotherapist nor Sinner knew about the presence of clostobol in the spray.
the International Agency for Ensuring Honesty in tennis (ITIA). It came to the conclusion that Sinner does not bear any responsibility for getting a substance into his body. Consequently, he escaped the “ban” and continued to perform at the competition, only having lost rating glasses (400) and prize money (320 thousand dollars) per tournament in Indian Wells.
Wada appealed to the sports arbitration court ( CAS) and required the disqualification of the tennis player. As a result, WADA and Sinner agreed to resolve the case, after which the agency revoked the appeal in CAS.
Sinner-double winner Australian Open (2024, 2025), semifinal of Roland Garros-2024 and Wimbledon-2023, quarterly us Open -2022. He missed the Olympics-2024 due to illness.
