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Italy's Jannik Sinner plays a return to Australia's Christopher O'Connell during their men's singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 31, 2024. Kena Betancur, AFP/File

Italy's Jannik Sinner plays a return to Australia's Christopher O'Connell during their men's singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 31, 2024. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP)

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736502971308AFP__20240831__36F93XR__v2__Preview__TopshotTennisUsaOpen.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Italy&#x27;s Jannik Sinner plays a return to Australia&#x27;s Christopher O&#x27;Connell during their men&#x27;s singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 31, 2024. Kena Betancur, AFP/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Italy&#x27;s Jannik Sinner plays a return to Australia&#x27;s Christopher O&#x27;Connell during their men&#x27;s singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 31, 2024. <em>Kena Betancur, AFP/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MELBOURNE, Australia -- World number one Jannik Sinner said Friday he did not know when the highest court in sport will deliver its verdict as ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi stressed the Italian&#x27;s doping case was &quot;run by the book&quot;.</p><p>Defending Australian Open champion Sinner twice tested positive for traces of the steroid clostebol in March.</p><p>He was exonerated by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, which accepted his explanation that the drug entered his system when his physio used a spray containing it to treat a cut, then provided massage and sports therapy to the player.</p><p>The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Sinner is awaiting the verdict with a suspension possible.</p><p>Asked on the eve of the Australian Open if he knew when a verdict was due, the 23-year-old said: &quot;I know exactly as much as you guys know.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/1/9/tennis-djokovic-handed-tough-australian-open-draw-2028">READ: Djokovic handed tough Australian Open draw, Sinner faces Jarry test</a></div><p>&quot;We are in a stage where we don&#x27;t know many, many things.&quot;</p><p>Sinner, who faces a stern first-round test at Melbourne Park against big-hitting Chilean Nicolas Jarry, admitted the scandal continued to play on his mind.</p><p>&quot;You think about this, of course,&quot; he said. &quot;I would lie if I would tell you I forget.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s something what I have with me now already for quite a long time. But it is what it is. I&#x27;m here trying to prepare the Grand Slam. Let&#x27;s see how it goes.&quot;</p><p>Sinner said he had always been &quot;very, very careful on every single medicine I take, even what I eat&quot;.</p><p>&quot;When the bottle is open, I throw it away, I take a new one,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;In my mind I know exactly what happened, and that&#x27;s how I block it (out).</p><p>&quot;I haven&#x27;t done anything wrong, that&#x27;s why I&#x27;m still here. That&#x27;s why I&#x27;m still playing.&quot;</p><div><a class="fr-strong fr-green" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2024/12/28/kyrgios-says-tennis-integrity-awful-after-doping-scandals-0250">READ: Kyrgios says tennis integrity &#x27;awful&#x27; after doping scandals</a></div><div><strong>- &#x27;Misinformation&#x27; -</strong></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAEyze-tm4MR6kEa&amp;cid=ABS27FN2CT9IMSzr&amp;activation=adfill&amp;vip_mode=no"></script><p>Last week, Novak Djokovic called for more transparency around doping suspensions in tennis, saying high-ranked players appeared to be treated differently to others.</p><p>Gaudenzi told newswire Australian Associated Press in an interview published Friday that was not true and Sinner&#x27;s case had been dealt with properly.</p><p>&quot;I genuinely believe there has been a lot of misinformation out there, which is unfortunate,&quot; Gaudenzi said.</p><p>&quot;I am 100 percent sure that there has not been any preferential treatment. The process has been run by the book and according to the rules, by the ITIA.&quot;</p><p>While Djokovic said he believed Sinner when he said he tested positive due to contamination, the 24-time Grand Slam winner asserted that players had been &quot;kept in the dark&quot; throughout the process.</p><p>But Gaudenzi said he only found out about the case &quot;two days before the announcement from the ITIA -- the way it should have been&quot;.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2024/11/29/tennis-iga-swiatek-accepts-one-month-doping-suspension-1443">READ: Iga Swiatek accepts one-month doping suspension</a></div><p>&quot;I initially was a bit shocked. (But) it is completely independent and they obviously went to an independent panel.&quot;</p><p>Gaudenzi pleaded for patience so the saga could play out, while declaring that the sport would survive should Sinner be banned.</p><p>&quot;If that is the case, I think he&#x27;ll survive and I think we&#x27;ll survive. Overall, tennis is a very strong product,&quot; he said.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>World number one Jannik Sinner said Friday he did not know when the highest court in sport will deliver its verdict as ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi stressed the Italian's doping case was "run by the book".</p>

World number one Jannik Sinner said Friday he did not know when the highest court in sport will deliver its verdict as ATP chairman Andrea Gaudenzi stressed the Italian's doping case was "run by the book".

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Tennis: Sinner in dark over verdict as ATP says doping case 'run by the book'

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Published January 10, 2025 06:09 PM PHT

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