Billie Jean King Cup France captain Julien Benneteau shared his tackle the 2 controversial doping issues involving Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner, making an attempt to pinpoint the supply of the issue. Benneteau stated that extra readability is required to keep away from tarnishing the picture of tennis.
Within the newest episode of Les Grandes Gueules du Sport on RMC in, the previous French tennis participant stated tennis doesn’t have a doping drawback however the issue is communication and the distinction in remedy across the circumstances.
“I do not suppose tennis has a doping drawback. I believe the issue is the ITIA, the communication and the distinction in remedy in these circumstances. Does that go away room for doubt? After all. It is poorly managed. And it raises questions. Once we ask ourselves: tennis has a doping drawback, can we are saying that a few of the prime 100 gamers on this planet are doping? That the ATP and WTA cowl all optimistic gamers? That there’s a actual organized system? That is unattainable!
We’re monitored repeatedly. A participant who performs in a event is checked. There are 15 to twenty checks per yr. For an itinerant particular person sport, that is fairly vital. There is no such thing as a organized doping. However the ITIA should set up harmonization by way of communication and sanctions. What’s suspensive or not? There we’ve the impression that it is dependent upon the participant’s rating,” defined the Frenchman.
Sinner is underneath hearth for testing optimistic for Clostebol, for which WADA is asking for a disqualification for negligence and for which the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport is awaiting its opinion. Iga Swiatek has already been suspended for a month.
Within the meantime, from 19 to 22 December the Etihad Enviornment in Abu Dhabi would be the stage for the brand new version of the World Tennis League, the occasion promoted through the break from the common season that pits 16 female and male tennis gamers from the circuit divided into 4 groups. This yr, nevertheless, the competitors opened with some off-court points, which in a sure sense pressured the organizers to intervene to keep away from any kind of debate or controversy through the occasion.
As talked about, Swiatek, one of many protagonists, examined optimistic for trimetazidine and the difficulty was revealed publicly solely not too long ago. There was no scarcity of harsh assaults in opposition to the Polish participant, and amongst these is the Australian Nick Kyrgios. As probability would have it, the 2 had been included in the identical group for the Yas Island occasion: in current days the WTL has chosen to vary the composition of the groups already fashioned as a precaution.
The 4 groups have now change into these:
Staff Eagles: Iga Swiatek, Hubert Hurkacz, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Paula BadosaTeam Falcons: Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Elena Rybakina and Caroline GarciaTeam Hawks: Aryna Sabalenka, Taylor Fritz, Mirra Andreeva and Sumit NagalTeam Kites: Jasmine Paolini, Casper Ruud, Nick Kyrgios and Barbora Krejcikova
