Jannik Sinner, the matter is far from over: the past has returned to knock on his door, frontal attack.
It seems like a lifetime ago. Yet, come to think of it, it has not been too long since the news of Jannik Sinner’s Clostebol positivity made the rounds. The case broke roughly a month ago, but so much has happened in the meantime that the perception, in effect, is that a century has passed.
His triumph in the Stars and Stripes Slam has, fortunately, caused the public’s attention to shift to his talent and that incredible achievement, reasoning that, day after day, it has been talked about less and less. This does not mean that the affair is now a thing of the past, mind you. It would be nice, if that were the case, but it would not be absolutely true, alas. So much so that although the news is now several weeks old, it is still being talked about as if it were current.
The Wada danger should be averted by now, which means that what happened because of the unintentional Clostebol contamination will not have any consequence and repercussion on the career of the current world number 1. Yet, there are those who, still, persist in talking about it. To point out something that already many, during this time frame, have pointed out.
Suspicions about Sinner: Dimitrov also sees “double ”
The latest to comment on the Sinner affair was his opponent Grigor Dimitrov, who spoke in a broadcast aired on Bulgarian television last Sunday.
In the 40-minute live broadcast he was asked about everything a bit: about his personal situation, but also about the major circuit. Some reference to the epilogue of the New York Slam and, finally, a “dutiful” passage about Sinner and the alleged doping. The athlete from Haskovo did not linger even for a moment, thus demonstrating that he has very clear ideas about the incident and that he has formed a very clear opinion, based on the information he has come into possession of.
“It was in my opinion a case of double standards of behavior,” Dimitrov noted, ”In New York, I was surprised at how the protocols and processes were handled. Other players have experienced different treatments; you see it in other disciplines as well, but the way the Atp explained things seemed very strange to me; the timing of the whole thing is strange. The sense of things got lost, and that inevitably makes you question, even if you’ve been in the business for so many years. “
