Jannik Sinner: Ruud comes out of the closet for good.

Casper Ruud in a press conference in Nimes used very clear words when speaking about Jannik Sinner and his current suspension from the ATP circuit: “I have always considered him innocent and extremely unfortunate in terms of how the substance entered his system”.

“It is hard to be suspended for three months when you are innocent. I never saw Jannik as someone who would intentionally take doping substances or as someone capable of cheating”, continued Ruud.

Sinner’s case has raised the bar for all tennis players: “We are extremely vulnerable because we are exposed to many different people and places, a myriad of different foods and countries”.

Sinner will return to play at the Internazionali di Roma in about a month after observing a forced three-month break settled with WADA over the Clostebol case: the Blue after winning the Australian Open will aim for the Grand Slam dream.