Sinner, the doping story gets complicated. The World Anti-Doping Agency, Wada, on September 26 – but the news was only made public a short while ago – appealed against the acquittal of the Italian tennis player after the world number 1 tested positive for clostebol and was acquitted.

This is the text of the Wada press release: «The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirms that on Thursday 26 September it lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case of Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner, who was found by an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to be free of fault or negligence after testing positive twice for clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024. WADA believes that the finding of “no fault or negligence” was not correct under the applicable rules. WADA is seeking a period of ineligibility (disqualification) of between one and two years. WADA is not seeking the cancellation of any results, other than those already imposed by the first-instance tribunal. As this matter is now pending before the CAS, WADA will not be making any further comments at this time».

Sinner is on the field in the ATP 500 in Beijing against Safullin.

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