Nick Kyrgios delivers a blow of truth about the Jannik Sinner situation

Jannik Sinner was - and maybe he still is - a golden boy of tennis. He, along with Carlos Alcaraz, is seemingly the face of the future of the sport. Alcaraz has won four Grand Slam titles, and Sinner has won one. Both have been ranked No. 1 on the ATP at different times.

Sinner is the current No. 1 which makes his testing positive for a banned substance clostebol twice in March really awkward. The International Tennis Integrity Agency looked into the matter and decided Sinner unintentionally knew he ingested (somehow) the substance and cleared him of any wrong-doing. He will not be suspended.

The Italian will still lose the points he accrued (400) at Indian Wells and the money he earned at the event ($325,000) because he was technically provisionally suspended for testing positive for the banned substance. That's odd because if Sinner was truly unfairly suspended - which the ITIA implied he was after saying he should not be banned - then the ATP No. 1 should not have to lose any points or money.

Nick Kyrgios has thoughts on Jannik Sinner escaping discipline for a banned substance

One might argue that Sinner was cleared for the same reasons that Simona Halep was banned in 2022, but Halep had to fight a lot harder to get her ability to play back. She ingested a substance from some collagen she was given. Sinner got the clostebol into his system through a massage cream.

Logical? Yes. Halep's argument was logical too and it took her almost a year to get her innocence back. Sinner tested positive in March twice for his substance and players normally get suspended whether they intentionally or unintentionally took a banned substance.

This is where tennis commentator and past (and maybe future) player Nick Kyrgios has his beef. To be fair, Kyrgios is correct based on how tennis has handled banned substances in the past. Sinner should not - possibly - get a pass because he is 23 years old and atop the ATP rankings.

Kyrgios posted on X/Twitter in response to Sinner not facing a long-term ban, "Ridiculous - whether it was accidental or planned. You get tested twice with a banned (steroid) substance...you should be gone for 2 years. Your performance was enhanced. Massage cream...Yeah nice."

While Kyrgios seems to doubt Sinner's true innocence, Kyrios is correct about the ban. Halep and others have been suspended for the same issue Sinner faced. He was relieved of any wrongdoing. That is not fair.

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