Jannik Sinner: ITIA CEO unsettles fans

Jannik Sinner: ITIA CEO restless fans

Jannik Sinner is preparing to defend his crown as the world’s best tennis player in Melbourne, where the Australian Open is about to start, but in February he will face an even more important appointment for his career. The 23-year-old from Alto Adige is awaiting the Cas verdict on WADA’s appeal over Clostebol positivity, after the first acquittal decided by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA).

ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse herself, in an interview with tennis365, explained the Blue's situation, disturbing Jannik fans in no small part: "If you test positive for a banned substance, the starting point for possible disqualification è four years. If it can be shown that it was not intentional, the penalty is reduced to two years. Differentiations have to be made at this point. In Swiatek’s case we are talking about a contaminated product (medicine), while for Sinner there’è the complication that his is a non-contaminated product, as the physical therapist used on his finger the product in question that contained the active doping".

"For this, the’range of the disqualification is from one to two years. I know that WADA has said that the grounds for the appeal focus on whether the player may have a liability, responding to the’article in which it talks about ‘no significant fault or negligence’".

"The Independent Trial Court had found that Sinner had no fault or negligence, having used the utmost caution possible. The’World Anti-Doping Agency disputes this’".