Jannik Sinner won the Australian title Open 2025 on Sunday, but his trip to the championship was not without controversy. The Italian star was faced with doping charges in 2024 after being denounced positive for a prohibited substance. The Sports Arbitration Court (CAS) should hear the case in April, leaving questions about the final result of allegations.
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Jannik Sinner won the Australian Open 2025 final on Sunday (January 26), defeating Alexander Zverev in the Rod Laver Arena final. He won the last 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 against the 27-year-old German to become the most prosperous Italian tennis player of all time.
Another impressive aspect of the triumphant campaign of Sinner was the ease with which he managed the pressure of expectations and the doping scandal surrounding the 23 -year -old man. The reigning champion barely was able to sweat as he won his third Grand Chelem trophy after dropping only two sets en route to the title.
That the doping accusations against the sinner?
The major victory would also bring temporary relief to the sinner who has an audience on the Arbitration Court for Sport (Case) to come in April after the World Anti -Doping Agency called on its acquittal by the International Tennis Integrity Agency Agency (ITIA) in August 2024.
The sinner failed two drug tests in March 2024 after a prohibited steroid clostebol was detected in his system. The Italian tennis star then claimed innocence and declared that the prohibited substance Clostebol entered his body after a massage by his physiotherapist who had applied the spray induced by the bell on his fingers to treat an injury.
The first sample of Sinner which was tested positive was taken during the Indian Wells tournament and the second was taken eight days later from the competition. The two positive tested.
The European tennis player, however, reached the Indian semi-finals of Wells and won Miami Open, allegedly, ignoring the positive result.
He would have been informed of the result of the positive test in April, which prompted him to withdraw from the tournaments of Madrid and Rome, citing hip problems. In total, he missed 27 days of competition. During this period, the sinner and his team, including his lawyers, immediately made a call to interrupt the automatic suspension triggered by a positive test result.
Why was the sinner rid of doping?
His call turned out to be successful because he was allowed to continue playing.
“ITIA confirms today that an independent court summoned by Sport Resolutions judged that the Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner has no fault or negligence for two violations of the anti -doping rules as part of the Tennis Anti -Doping Program (TADP)” said Itia in August 2024.
“The player explained that the substance had entered his system following the contamination of a member of the support team, who had applied an over -the -counter spray (available in Italy) containing Clostebol to their own skin for Treat a small injury. “”
The WADA, however, appealed the ITIA’s decision to release the sinner, leading the sporting court (case) to plan the sinner doping allegations for April 16 and 17.
The sinner faces a two -year ban if the AMA call turns out to be successful.
