Jessica Pegula blasted the anti-doping process in tennis as “completely broken” as the world No. 5 claims it simply cannot be trusted.
For months, there had been a lot of talk about what would happen during Jannik Sinner’s CAS hearing in April.
But then this past weekend, the WADA announced that they withdrew their appeal in the ITIA’s ruling after they reached a settlement with the Italian on a three-month ban.
It didn’t take long before the critics of the anti-doping authorities started using that as an argument that not every player gets the same treatment.
In late 2024, it was also revealed that Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month after previously serving a provisional suspension in silence after a failed doping test.
Asked about the doping investigations in tennis, Pegula told Reem Abulleil in Dubai: “The process just seems to be completely like not a process,”
“It seems to just kind of be whatever decisions and factors they take into consideration, and they just kind of make up their own ruling,” the American added.
“I don’t really understand how that’s fair for athletes, how it’s fair for players when there’s just so much inconsistency and you have no idea.”
Jessica Pegula: “If you’re clean or not, the process is completely broken.”
