Jannik Sinner has been let down by tennis ...Middle East

WIMBLEDON — Jannik Sinner does not give much away.

He hails from the South Tyrol region of Italy, an Alpine region that is far removed from the hot-blooded stereotype that Fabio Fognini, the modern trailblazer in Italian tennis, lived up to so well in his career that ended earlier this week.

It’s hard to remember Sinner ever showing much emotion on court thus far in his career, until the enormity of winning Wimbledon hit him. Having congratulated his opponent and thanked the umpire, he dropped to his haunches and stared at the turf in front of him. He might even have shed a tear, although he insists he didn’t.

This is pure Sinner-ma #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/MakuSXktUp

Forget the 35 days between failing to convert championship points at Roland Garros and beating the same opponent Carlos Alcaraz here.

In that moment, Sinner was probably considering how, over the last 15 months, he has been through hell and back to find himself here, holder of three of the four grand slam titles and champion of Wimbledon, the least likely of them all. From two positive drugs tests, to clearing his name, to a three-month ban, to here, and in all that time he has become a lightning rod for tennis’s broken governance and anti-doping’s existential crisis. What a mess.

It is the email that every player dreads, the one that notifies them of an anti-doping rule violation. For the bad actors, it is the moment they realise the game is up.

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For others, those who test positive inadvertently, it is a combination of panic, confusion, anger and fear.

For all of them, their livelihood is on the line.

Sinner was lucky when he was notified last year that he had failed two tests in March 2024. He was able to quickly identify, without having to start expensively testing supplements, that product his physio had used on a cut on his own hand contained a banned substance, clostebol.

They soon submitted that as a reason for failed test, an action that ensured the investigation would take place while Sinner was still playing, with no provisional suspension.

‘No fault’ that never stood

This is the first moment at which tennis’s rules let Sinner down. When news of the failed tests finally broke, there was fury among the player base that this had been ongoing for months and no one knew.

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When the decision released was also that Sinner had been adjudged to have had “no fault” and would receive no ban, the conspiracy theories went into overdrive. They still would have kicked into gear, but transparency goes a long way.

And the next error came in the decision itself, which turned out to be wrong. The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) mounted a legal challenge, but that was never tried in court, both sides accepting a three-month ban as a happy medium.

What no one ensured was that the punishment fitted the crime. Wada wanted to protect that its principle that an athlete bears responsibility for what goes into their own body as well as the actions of their entourage, so needed a ban.

But the timing of the settlement was such that Sinner would not miss a grand slam. In fact, the enforced break from the hamster wheel of tennis probably worked in his favour, given he has lost just two matches since his return and looks far less jaded than those players in the midst of the busiest four months of the year.

“I don’t think in any way he has been trying to cheat at any stage,” Tim Henman told Sky Sports at the time.

“However, when I read this statement this morning, it just seems a little bit too convenient, it seems. There’s words like agreement, and it almost seems like there’s been a negotiation.

“To miss three months of the tour, and therefore be eligible to play at Roland Garros, the timing couldn’t have been any better for Sinner, but I still think it leaves pretty sour taste for the sport.”

A fudged decision

In retrospect, he was right. Sinner is still world No 1, holds three of the four grand slams and could barely win another match all year yet still find himself in the top five.

“What has Sinner lost by being banned?” people ask. “If he was to be punished, what is his punushment?” It is hard to argue against them.

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And, it bears repeating, that is not his fault. He bore some blame for the original infraction, but the botched nature of the rules around it are nothing to do with him.

Still anecdotally, the first thing casual sports fans know about Jannik Sinner is that he served a ban for failing a drugs test. Tennis ensured that was the story for months and months. Now it should ensure a better story is told.

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