While he will soon be able to resume the competition in early May in Rome, Jannik Sinner recently returned to his suspension for doping during an interview with the RAI.
Controlled positive to an anabolic, the clostebol, in March 2024 and suspended three months after winning the Australian Open last January, Jannik Sinner will soon be able to return to competition. Indeed, while Roland-Garros is fast approaching, the Italian (23) will be able to compete in the Masters 1000 in Rome, which begins on May 7 (its suspension ends three days before). Tuesday evening, on the RAI TV news “TG1”, the current world number one returned to this complicated period for him. “” I was a little criticized that I would have been treated differently, but it is not true. No one has preferential treatments. (…) I do not want to respond or react (to criticism), they are free to say what they want and judge people, “said the one who has already won three Grand Chelem titles.
Sinner had trouble accepting his suspension
“For me, what matters is that I know what happened was difficult and I don’t want anyone to go from Innocent to live what I have experienced. (…) I didn’t understand what happened, I didn’t know anything. I had trouble accepting these three months of suspension, because in my head, I hadn’t done anything wrong. I experienced a year filled with difficulties. (…) When I arrived in Australia last January, I was uncomfortable, especially because I felt like the other players looked at me differently.
At one point, I even thought of stopping everythingsubsequently entrusted Sinner, to the rai. I was lucky to have people around me who helped me and who believed me. They were very important to help me in these moments (…) and that made me want to continue. “While this affair is now almost behind him, the Italian will now try to make him talk about him brilliantly again on the courts.