Many believe that there has been an advantage

Author: Richard Pagliaro @Tennisnow | Monday 17 February 2025

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Novak Djokovic Is the singles Grand Slam King.

Many players see Jannik Sinner’s Suspension as a certain sign is a double standard in how the elite stars of tennis are treated compared to the rest of the rank and ensemble, says 24 times Grand Slam Djokovic.

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Before Djokovic began to try for a 100th career crown today, he met the media in Doha, where he was asked to react to Sinner, who received a three -month suspension to solve his doting case.

Former no. 1 Djokovic said he personally considered the case “strange” and shared other players that the world no. 1, “protectionism” was proven in that its suspension ends in May.

The timing of the suspension means that the ruling American open and the Australian Open Champion will not miss the master and may continue to chase the Grand Slam calendar.

“Jannik will have a three -month suspension due to some mistakes and negligence of some members of his team working on the tour,” Djokovic told the media in Doha. “This is also something I consider personally and many other players consider strange.

“I talked to several players in the dressing room, not only in recent days, but also in previous months.

“Most of them are not satisfied with how the process has gone through and does not think it is fair. Many believe that there has been a preference. ”

Ten times of the Australian Open Champion said the case focuses on the fact that stars can afford legal teams and a potentially more favorable result.

“It seems that you can almost influence the result if you are the best player if you have access to the highest lawyers,” Djokovic told the media in Doha.

Sinner serves a three -month suspension that will ban him tennis from February 9, 4 until the end to solve the case, the World Anti -Doping Agency announced on Saturday.

Wada appealed against the case of Sinner to the Court of Justice for Sport with the Italian hero Davis Cup, who faces a prospect of one year or more suspension if the appeal was successful.

Last March, Sinner tested twice positively on the forbidden steroid closbol at “low levels” by the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced in August days before the start of the US Open.

The double Australian Open Champion Sinner was not suspended and allowed to play because the independent tribunal decided to have “no mistake” for contamination of steroids in his system. A three -month suspension means that Sinner will not miss a master when the Grand Slam calendar is haunted.

“This case has now hung on me for almost a year, and this process was still a long time to be able to run with a decision at the end of the year,” Sinner said in a statement. “I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realize that the strict WADA rules are an important protection of the sport I love.

“On this basis, I accepted the WADA offer to resolve this procedure based on a three -month penalty.”

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The Serbian superstar says that when players see that Sinner hit a three -month suspension, while the former world no. 1 Simon Halep and Brit Tara Moore were hit by harder sentences, they see a double standard in the system.

“Simon Halep and Tara Moore and some other players who may be less known for years have been trying to solve their cases or have been banned for years,” Djokovic said.