"That cloud will follow him just as the cloud of Covid will follow me, for the rest of his, or my career in this case. It's just something that, it was so major, and when that happens, over time it will fade, but I don't think it will disappear. There's always going to be a certain group of people that will always try to bring that forward."
"There is the lack of transparency, the inconsistency, the convenience [of] the ban coming, between the slams, so he doesn't miss out the others it's just it was very, very odd,"
"I really don't like how the case was being handled and you could hear so many other players, both male and female, who had some similar situations coming out in the media and complaining that it was a preferable t"
Jannik Sinner served a three-month ban in February 2025 after WADA accepted his explanation that the banned steroid clostebol entered his system accidentally. Novak Djokovic warned that the ban will follow Sinner like a cloud, comparing it to the Covid cloud that may fade but not fully disappear. Djokovic expressed belief that Sinner did not do it on purpose but raised questions about the timing and transparency of the sanction, noting the ban occurred between grand slams so Sinner did not miss a major. Djokovic criticized the handling and noted similar complaints from other players.
Read at www.theguardian.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]