Verdict Sinner, announces on disqualification for blue tennis player. A former colleague of Jannik’s, one capable of winning it all, drops the bombshell
Wada’s decision to appeal to Tas in Lausanne after Sinner’s acquittal has left everyone in dismay. Indeed, the Italian tennis player finds himself with a Sword of Damocles hanging over him: he still does not know, effectively, what his future will be.
On the world circuit, everyone is on Sinner’s side. Very few, on the other hand, have criticized him and especially the choice not to punish him: a correct choice, because of the way the positivity came and especially because of the infinitesimal amount that never, ever – and the experts say so, not us – could have changed what has been the sporting performance of the blue tennis player. That he kept it all under wraps until mid-August: who knows what he went through then and who knows what he’s going through now, since he’s not exactly sure how it’s going to turn out.
Verdict Sinner, Connors’s sentence
Saying his own, and not for the first time on the issue, was Jannik’s former colleague, that Jimmy Connors who was able to win in his career the beauty of 150 tournaments (109 Atp) including 8 Slam titles in singles and two doubles titles.
“I’m not so prepared to understand what a grain of salt (in reference to Clostebol in Jannik’s body, ed.) means,” he said. “And to be honest, it’s not my style to be vocal about that. All I know is that I don’t think tennis at that level could survive such an impact with a high-level player. They have shown in the past that they are not afraid to hit lower level tennis players and eliminate them from the game. But I don’t know if tennis could hold up in the face of a case of this level.” “Once he is on the court,” he said about Sinner, ”he has too many things to think about. His game, his opponent. He knows what it will take to win. But what do you do for the other 20 hours of the rest of the day?”.