{"id":637219,"date":"2025-10-15T09:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=637219"},"modified":"2025-10-15T09:07:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:07:52","slug":"they-are-protecting-him-nick-kyrgios-fires-shots-at-atp-regarding-jannik-sinner-doping-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/they-are-protecting-him-nick-kyrgios-fires-shots-at-atp-regarding-jannik-sinner-doping-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Are Protecting Him\u2019 &#8211; Nick Kyrgios Fires Shots at ATP Regarding Jannik Sinner Doping Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios has fired another direct attack towards Jannik Sinner and the ATP Tour, regarding the World No. 2&rsquo;s doping controversy. The Italian powerhouse tested positive twice in 2024, and was subsequently suspended from action for three months in early 2025. However, Kyrgios&rsquo; latest comments took aim at Sinner, as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/tennis\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>ATP Tour<\/a>.<\/p><p>In March 2024, Sinner tested positive for the banned substance clostebol on two separate occasions. Yet, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) cleared him of any intentional wrong-doing. The now 24-year-old justified the positive tests with the explanation that it entered his system through a massage by his physiotherapist &ndash; who unknowingly used a product that contained the chemical.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WADA general counsel, Ross Wenzel, says Jannik Sinner&rsquo;s case was a million miles away from doping &amp; that Jannik did not get to choose what months he would serve his 3-month ban:<br><br>&ldquo;This was a case that was a million miles away from doping. The scientific feedback that we received&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rRgtlKo8KG\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/rRgtlKo8KG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1891835060984127668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>February 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>While the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) initially appealed against the ITIA&rsquo;s decision, they eventually reached a settlement with Sinner&rsquo;s team for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/tennis\/news\/12110\/13342076\/jannik-sinner-on-accepting-three-month-doping-ban-you-have-to-choose-the-lesser-evil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>ban<\/a> of three months. Former Wimbledon runner-up Kyrgios, among others, has publicly voiced out against this decision since then. The 30-year-old Australian firmly believes that Sinner&rsquo;s story is false, and he has been given preferential treatment.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Darren Cahill details how Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid | ESPN\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CB7kgiCg6s4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nick Kyrgios Lashes Out at ATP for Protecting Jannik Sinner<\/h2><p>Kyrgios recently appeared on the <em>&lsquo;Unscripted&rsquo; <\/em>podcast, where he unleashed another scathing attack on the four-time Grand Slam champion. The former Top-20 player divulged his opinion to Josh Mansour &ndash; former NRL player. Kyrgios did not spare the ATP Tour and the doping agencies either.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Kyrgios on partying, mental health, and his next move in the world of tennis!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sy_xFHvHJy0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m loved by a lot of the locker room, and there are some people I can&rsquo;t stand,&rdquo; <\/em>he said. Kyrgios has been on the receiving end of criticism for his debatable on-court behaviour in the past. <em>&ldquo;Obviously me and Jannik Sinner now, it&rsquo;s pretty grim. After the whole doping scandal with him testing positive and all that stuff &ndash; yeah. There are a couple of people I don&rsquo;t get along with at all.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128483;&#65039; \"I was struggling mentally.\"<br><br>Jannik Sinner, who served a three-month doping ban earlier this year, has opened up on his difficulties off the court. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EVHqgaTtqV\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/EVHqgaTtqV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BBC Sport (@BBCSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCSport\/status\/1944528080241861080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the No. 1 player in the world [at the time] and there&rsquo;s no doubt that he&rsquo;s an incredible player. He&rsquo;s going to be carrying the sport for the next 10-15 years with [Carlos] Alcaraz. I mean they&rsquo;re protecting him to some degree. The CEO and all the important people in the ATP are Italian. And the whole story for me is bulls**t.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Jannik Sinner is currently in Riyadh for the 2025 Six Kings Slam.<\/p><p><em>(Image Credits: Robert Deutsch, Imagn Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinner served a three-month ban in early 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":637225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4770],"tags":[4917,5069,7563,5619,6844,4936],"class_list":["post-637219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-australian-open","tag-doping-ban","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-tennis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&lsquo;They Are Protecting Him&rsquo; 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