John Millman isn’t a fan of the criticism that has been coming Jannik Sinner’s manner as the previous Australian tennis participant thinks gamers must be glad that the Italian prevented “a butcher job” that he felt was carried out within the Simona Halep doping case.
After the ITIA introduced on Tuesday that Sinner twice examined optimistic for a banned steroid in March however prevented suspension after the investigation decided that the prohibited substance unknowingly entered his physique, it led to some sturdy feedback – with Denis Shapovalov for example claiming that there are “totally different guidelines for various gamers.”
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Nick Kyrgios additionally had a really harsh take, slamming all the state of affairs as “ridiculous” and including the 23-year-old ought to have a minimum of gotten a two-year suspension.Â
Earlier than Sinner, two-time Grand Slam champion Halep additionally examined optimistic for a prohibited substance. However though it additionally occurred in an unintentional manner, the Romanian former world No. 1 spent a yr and a half sidelined earlier than she received her battle and was cleared to return to play.Â
Millman defends Sinner: Not a butcher job like with Halep…
“Earlier than leaping to conclusions, Jannik Sinner had lower than a billionth of a gram in his system… I imagine him one hundred pc… perhaps we must always change threshold cater for contamination. Lastly why the uproar for this once we permit athletes in all sports activities, together with tennis, to abuse TUE’s?” Millman wrote on X.
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In a follow-up submit, Millman added: Moreover, the ITIA dealt with this 1000x higher than the butcher job with Simona… Jannik is about pretty much as good an individual that exists on tour. At the least learn the report earlier than you go judgment.”
Moreover, the ITIA dealt with this 1000x higher than the butcher job with Simona..Jannik is about pretty much as good an individual that exists on tour.At the least learn the report earlier than you go judgement.
— John Millman (@johnhmillman) August 20, 2024
In the meantime, Sinner issued a brief assertion, through which he described all the state of affairs as ” a difficult and deeply unlucky interval” and in addition vowed to do every part in his energy to keep away from being on this state of affairs ever once more.
