Jannik Sinner’s chances of a halt from tennis sends shockwaves through the sport. Gigi Salmon, the lead presenter of Sky Sports tennis, has admitted to the looming court hearing.
Thinner failed two doping tests last March after it was discovered that the anabolic steroid Crosteborg was in his system.
He claimed that the product was transferred to him after using a cream containing a banned substance, and then a member of his team gave him a massage.
Using that defense, the Italians insisted that Crossteborg was not responsible for entering his system. The International Tennis Integrity Agenda (ITIA) has not found in the favor of sinners and banned Italians for positive tests.
The decision has been appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and their cases are scheduled to be heard between April 16th and 17th.
The ITIA confirmed with Tennis 365 that the offender faces a minimum of one year suspension if the sentence is against him.
“The criminal is currently a beat hitter, but when it comes to court hearings, I don’t know how it will go. I can’t imagine him being banned for a year,” Salmon said in a tennis 365. An interview that spoke exclusively to.
“When asked to make a year-end No. 1 prediction, I went with Alkaraz because of the circumstances surrounding the sinners.
“Now will be difficult for Novak Djokovic. Saska Zverev still has that problem in the Grand Slam in terms of overcoming the line, so if the sinner is banned, the default will be Carlos Alcaraz Masu.”
Salmon admits that she blocks the prospect of a long ban from the sport and is surprised by the ability of the sinner to continue playing at such a high level, another example of his perfect glow at the Australian Open It’s there.
“It’s difficult to see the weakness of a sinner,” Salmon added. “He said that in Australia the weakness of his game might be his volleys, but they’re not that bad.
“You might have said his weakness is his overhead, but he was a bit like his prime minister Djokovic, how many people did he hit the match?
“Along with the sinner, I have a hard time finding weakness. How do you disturb him, how do you get under his skin? How do you remove him from balance? The skis he did helped him balance. It’s just perfect.
“What impressed me the most about him last year was how mentally he was, with everything going on, that was ridiculous.
“He’ll know the punishment he can get, and if it’s a year it’ll be an earthquake. He keeps playing like he did in the way he’s hanging over him. That’s amazing.”
ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse spoke only to Tennis 365 about the crime’s case as he explained why a minimum of one year suspension would be distributed to the crime if a CAS case opposed him.
“If you test positive for a banned substance, the potential starting point for sanctions is four years,” Moorhouse told Tennis365 in an exclusive interview.
“If we can show that it’s not intentional, it will be reduced to two years. After that, if we can prove that there is no negligence, there will be no sanctions.
“In addition, a decision of ‘gross negligence or negligence’ could fall between the two years and the rebels. This is true in all cases with contaminated materials.
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“It’s the same rules and the same process for all players. Every case is different, each case turns on individual facts.
“It’s not right to look at two headings and draw a comparison because details are always an important part because cases can be very complicated too.
“Let’s take Swiatek and Halep. The CAS court found that her (Halep’s) supplement was contaminated, so in connection with that finding, they said it was nine months (suspended). .
“In connection with Swiatek, the contaminated product was a drug. Therefore, it was not unreasonable for players to assume that a controlled drug would include what the ingredients were saying.
“Therefore, the level of obstacles she could accept was the lowest level, as she could not reasonably do so to mitigate the risk that the product was contaminated.
“Halep’s contamination was not a drug. It was a collagen supplement and we found her fault levels were higher.
“The complication in the case of a sinner is that it was a positive test and not a result of a contaminated product. That’s the difference between Swiatek and Halep. There’s no contamination here.
“The products that the masseuse used with their fingers were not contaminated. That’s what they said about the ingredients of the product and it’s not a contaminated product, so the scope of sanctions is a one- to two-year suspension.
“The first court found that the offenders paid the utmost attention to “negligence or negligence.” Therefore, he faced no sanctions.
“My understanding from Wada’s statement is that they believe there is a factor of negligence and the outcome should have been “significant negligence or negligence.” ”
If the CAS decision does not favor him, the offender will almost certainly appeal, but he could be banned from tennis while the appeal is ongoing.
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