Questioned by RMC, the French player was circumspect about the doping cases concerning the two world number ones.
«I don’t believe in Santa Claus anymore.” Questioned this Sunday on the airwaves of RMC in the show Stephen BrunchAdrian Mannarino did not go with the back of the spoon regarding the doping cases which concerned Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner. “If there are those who want to believe it, they can believe it. It’s not really my thing, launched the 66th player in the world. I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it’s still very surprising. There were two positive tests on the 300 best in the world and they are the two number 1s. Inadvertently, you can take the wrong tablet or the wrong vitamin, but it’s surprising.
Having to be on the pitch against guys aged 20-25, if they’re not clean, it becomes complicated.
Adrian Mannarino.
Sharing these “doubts», the 36-year-old Frenchman, expected soon at the Challenger in Nouméa (New Caledonia) to begin his 2025 season, pointed out the role in these issues of international bodies which “took care of all that to make them appear as clean athletes who were victims of all that.” I see myself every morning waking up at 36 years old limping. Having to be on the pitch against guys aged 20-25, if they’re not clean, it becomes complicated. I hope for them that this is the case“, he concluded.
Testing positive twice in March 2024 for clostebol, an anabolic, Jannik Sinner was exonerated by ITIA (International Tennis Integrity Agency) while he risked four years of suspension. Iga Swiatek, who tested positive for trimetadizine in August, was suspended for one month.
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