Jannik Sinners fate will be decided by CAS, which will issue the Clostebol doping issue ruling in a closed-door hearing, in mid-April.
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The Italian is currently focusing on the 2025 Australian Open, where he has just reached the 3rd round, but it is inevitable for him and his team not to think about the CAS ruling, especially given WADAs tough request for a 1-2 year suspension for the young Italian, in an interview with Daily Maverick.
USADA Chief Executive Travis Tygart (who prosecuted cyclist Lance Armstrong) expressed on the case involving the ATP No.1, stressing that he does not believe Jannik is a doper.
"If Jannik is a doper, which I don't believe he is based on the facts that have been made public, then a not guilty verdict was a perfectly appropriate outcome based on the rules and the facts," he explained.
Tygart, also with Daily Maverick, already beforeIga Swiatek's issue, talked about a wide range of doping issues, including the Italian's case, dismissing the idea that Jannik had somehow received preferential treatment from the ITIA-appointed tribunal.
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"Unlike TMZ 23 in China, the rules, and if you're specifically talking about the Jannik's case, the rules were followed. The transparency was upheld. Why wasn't Sinner provisionally suspended? Well, he was. But he appealed and they revoked it. That's within the regulations.
Compare that to the Chinese cases. They've never even provisionally suspended athletes and the regulations are absolutely clear on that kind of positivity. You have to be suspended. You can challenge it and an independent hearing officer can revoke the order, which is what happened in the Sinner case. So the outcome of the case was no finding of fault," he said.
We recall Jannik was found positive for Clostebol at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, failing two doping tests. The Italian was later found innocent by an independent tribunal commissioned by ITIA. WADA subsequently announced an appeal to CAS against this ruling, asking for a 1-2 year suspension for the ATP No.1.
