Jannik Sinner said Friday he was
confident that the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) appeal
against his acquittal on the allegedly accidental use of a
banned steroid would be rejected by the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS).
"The three hearings I have attended have all been in my favor
and I remain confident that everything will be resolved for the
best, a different outcome would leave me even more surprised,"
said the 23-year-old South Tyrolean world number one.
"It is not a situation in which I feel comfortable, there is no
doubt, I thought it was all over and instead it is not and it is
not easy".
Aussie Open champ Sinner was speaking ahead of an ATP tournament
in Shanghai after he lost the China Open to the 21-year-old
world number three, former US Open champ, reigning French Open
champ and two-time and reigning Wimbledon champ Carlos Alcaraz
of Spain in Beijing earlier this week.
Sinner risks a two-year ban if convicted of deliberately using
Clostebol, which he said his trainer accidentally applied to him
in treating a cut with a cream.
Sinner's doping case has been one of the biggest stories in
tennis since shortly before the U.S. Open. On August 20, the
International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced that
Sinner, the men's world No. 1, had twice tested positive for
clostebol — a banned anabolic steroid — in March 2024, but it
has cleared him of deliberate use.
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