The world has given its verdict. The worst-case scenario for Iga Świątek

“Iga Świątek receives an absurd penalty after a positive doping test. The Polish Tennis player, number 2 in the WTA ranking and winner of five Grand Slam tournaments, was suspended for only a month because she claimed it was an accident,” we read on the Spanish website.

The Iga Świątek case is also popular in Russia. Sports.ru emphasizes that “Iga Świątek was caught doping – just like Kamila Walijewa, then 15, but unlike the figure skater, she was suspended only for a month.”

Russians after the suspension of Iga Świątek: 2024 will go down in history

“The year 2024 will go down in history as the year in which the first two rackets in the world were caught for doping. First Jannik Sinner and now Iga Świątek,” we read.

“The tribunal found that Świątek had demonstrated that she had taken steps to protect herself against doping. Since this was the first and unintentional offense, it was found that the Pole was not significantly at fault, had not committed gross negligence and could only be suspended for a month. At the same time, “it was decided not to cancel any of her results. For some reason, it was decided to take away the prize money she won in Cincinnati, but not the ranking points for this tournament,” they note. Russians.

“What is trimetazidine? It is the same drug that was found in Kamila Walijewa's possession. She received a 4-year disqualification for it,” it was concluded.

It is worth adding, however, that the case of the Raszynia woman is extremely different. Mainly because it cooperated with anti-doping authorities from the very beginning. The key was to demonstrate that the drug entered her body unintentionally. This is what the low concentration indicated.

“A new scandal in tennis”

Puntodebreak.com, the most read Spanish-language tennis website in the world, writes about a “new tennis scandal” and also reminds us about Sinner. “When we thought that 2024 could no longer surprise us, shocking news came related to Świątek, which reminds us of what happened in the ATP with Sinner,” it was emphasized.

Let us recall that the Italian was accused of doping during the March ATP tournament in Indian Wells. Anti-doping tests carried out twice showed clostebol in the Italian's system. However, an independent tribunal decided to acquit the tennis player, but he lost 400 ranking points and the prize money.

The French and Italians were surprised by the short suspension of Iga Świątek

The French LeFigaro joins other websites that are surprised by the only one-month suspension of Świątek. “World number “2” Iga Świątek suspended… for a month after a positive doping test” – they report in the title of the text describing the whole confusion.

The journalists of “La Gazzetta dello Sport” speak in a similar tone and, in the first paragraph, quote the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which emphasized that there was “no significant fault or negligence” on the part of the Raszyn player.

The tennis website tennisuptodate.com announces a “doping shock” and informs that the Pole has accepted a one-month suspension. “This means that she will be able to play normally in the Australian Open 2025, having already served her sentence. However, it will be interesting to monitor what position WADA will take on this matter,” it added.