Novak Djokovic, 37, and Jannik Sinner, 23, are preparing for the US Open tennis tournament starting on Monday.
The defending champion of the tournament preparing for the US Open tennis tournament Novak Djokovic answered media questions Jannik Sinner about the doping case on Saturday.
Djokovic, who is second in the world list, spoke about the implementation of justice in the case of Sinner’s doping scandal. Sinner is number one in the world rankings and, if any other player had been found guilty of doping, the end result could have been a suspension.
– I understand that some of the players are frustrated due to the lack of consistency, the Serbian said at the press conference.
– I understood that his case was resolved at the same moment when the scandal was basically announced, Djokovic added.
A Spaniard, for example, has previously been banned for doping Guillermo Olasowho was banned for five years and fined in 2013. In the next few years, the former world number one Romanian was also banned from competing in women’s Simona Halepwho was convicted of doping a year ago in September and received a four-year suspension.
Djokovic said that several players have not had the same final result after the doping scandal as Sinner, the current number one player in the world rankings. He was also surprised that Sinner’s doping case did not become public until almost half a year later after the crash.
– There are many problems in the system. Now you have to think, is it about money? Can the player afford to pay a good lawyer a significant amount of money so that the end result would be more positive for the athlete? I believe there is a reason for change now.
World list the Spaniard in third place Carlos Alcaraz quoth Sinner’s case is a difficult thing for him to talk about.
– I believe that there is something behind this that many people do not even know.
The US Open tennis tournament starts on Monday (26.8). Sinner, who was convicted of doping, is participating in the tournament together with Djokovic and Alcaraz.
Finland is participating in the singles Otto Virtanenwho made it to the main tournament through the qualifiers. The doubles will feature the Wimbledon champions Harri Heliövaara and British Henry Patten.