Arthur Cazaux suggests it would be much better if everybody focused on their own careers instead of putting too much energy into debating the Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek doping cases as the Frenchman highlights there is probably no way to ever get a definitive and clear answer on what really happened.
Over the last couple of months, there has been more focus on some other things than the actual tennis. After it was announced that the top-ranked ATP player failed two doping tests but that his case was handled in dark before it was determined that he “bore no fault or negligence” for what happened, some had questions and that also led to numerous conspiracy theories and double standards.
As if that wasn’t enough, another high-profile doping situation occurred after the ITIA revealed in late November that Swiatek tested positive for trimetazidine (TMZ). That case also secretly handled – but unlike in the Sinner case – the five-time Grand Slam champion was suspended for a few weeks before accepting a one-month ban.
But one thing was the same as in the Italian’s case – the Pole started hearing that she was treated differently and that she avoided a harsher sanction only because she was one of the very best in the game. The double standard claims and conspiracy theories…