Game over for Sinner, the closer February approaches with the Lausanne Tas ruling, the more rumors of a disqualification arrive. Here’s the situation
While he is trying to prepare as best he can for the Australian Open, the first official event of the season, which is very important, since it is a Slam and since he is the one holding the scepter, we are still here all talking about what could happen to Jannik Sinner the moment the Lausanne Tas makes public the ruling against the acquittal that Wada has filed.
And the closer the climax approaches, the moment of the final decision, the more rumors arrive about a possible disqualification that could hit the Italian tennis player. We objectively do not know how all this will end, but it is clear unfortunately that Jannik is really at risk. And to put even more anxiety inside his fans was ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse, who said this. Leaving, practically, very little hope for what could be an acquittal.
Game over for Sinner: here’s the early sentencing
The representative of the International Tennis Integrity Agency gave an interview to tennis365.com. And he said this, “If you test positive for a banned substance, the starting point for possible disqualification is four years. If it can be proven that it was not intentional, the penalty is reduced to two years. At this point differentiations have to be made. In Swiatek’s case we are talking about a contaminated product (medication), while for Sinner there is the complication that his is a non-contaminated product, as the physical therapist used the product in question on his finger that contained the active doping ingredient. For this, the range of the disqualification is one to two years.” What a resounding blow.
She continued, “I know that WADA has said that the ground for appeal focuses on whether the player may have liability, responding to the article which talks about ‘no significant fault or negligence.’ The independent lower court had found that Sinner had no fault or negligence, having used the utmost caution possible. The World Anti-Doping Agency disputes this.” In short, as said, the risk for Jannik seems very high indeed.
