Nick Kyrgios appears intent on waging a private campaign in opposition to the latest doping circumstances which have rocked the tennis world. Specifically, these of world primary Jannik Sinner and former WTA primary Iga Swiatek. The Australian tennis participant, who will return to motion subsequent week in Brisbane after greater than a yr out – he has not competed since June 2023 when he performed in Stuttgart – took benefit of his press convention to unleash his verbal artillery.
Nick Kyrgios sends message to Jannick Sinner and Iga Swiatek
“It is to disgust you. I can lose my mood, throw the racket, however that has nothing to do with dishonest and taking performance-enhancing merchandise,” mentioned the Aussie when requested concerning the Italian and Polish gamers’ positives.
A journalist then requested him if he was calling the world primary a cheat, to which Kyrgios replied: “He examined optimistic twice at totally different occasions. If he did not do something fallacious, why did they take away his bonuses and ATP factors? Clearly they felt one thing unhealthy had occurred.”
Integrity in tennis is in query for the time being. All people is aware of it however no one needs to speak about it, it is horrible
A number of months after Sinner was acquitted after his doping case was thought of ‘unintended’, Swiatek was suspended for a month after the invention in August of trimetazidine in her physique. Additionally on this case theWorldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) accepted the excuse of contamination.
“That two world quantity ones (Swiatek is at the moment quantity two however was primary on the time of the check) are found for doping is disgusting for our sport. It offers a horrible picture,” Kyrgios mentioned earlier than including: “The integrity in tennis for the time being is in query. Everybody is aware of it however nobody needs to speak about it, it is horrible.”
