"There's a strange situation on Sinner": Del Potro drops the bomb after the disqualification

While Jannik Sinner is enjoying a few days of relaxation in his Sesto Pusteria, between one day of skiing and another and a whole series of selfies, video calls and autographs with fans who meet him on the slopes, the world of tennis continues to be split in two, after Wada's decision to grant the Italian champion a plea bargain, suspending him only for three months for the Clostebol case in Indian Wells last year. The punishment began on February 9 and will end on May 4, a few days before the start of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, a tournament scheduled from May 7 to 18 on the courts of the Foro Italico in Rome and which Sinner has every intention of winning.

There are those who think that this agreement is good for tennis, others instead turn up their noses, thinking that the World Anti-Doping Agency, initially, had asked for a sentence of one to two years. Even the recent winner of the ATP 500 in Doha, Andrey Rublev, sides with the skeptics: "It is not a problem of Jannik's specific case, but of the system in charge of detecting and managing positive results. It is impossible to make a small mistake or an oversight. We have seen people sanctioned for skipping tests, not even for testing positive, and they were sanctioned with two years of inactivity without any process. On the other hand, you see how with Sinner everything was done quickly, they allowed him to compete while everything was being resolved". No less doubtful about the role of Wada is the former number 3 in the world, the Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro : "I find the situation strange. It raises many doubts the fact that he tested positive in Indian Wells and that it was revealed shortly before the US Open".

In his favor, however, Toni Nadal , uncle and former coach of the great Rafa, sided: "You can't treat a person like this for a casual mistake. I'm against the sanction and I've reiterated it many times. I know Sinner personally, he would never have done it voluntarily. We must punish those who intentionally do these things, with the aim of gaining benefit, and that's not the case with Sinner. It's true that sanctions have also been applied to others who were not number one in the world, but it could be that what was done previously was wrong. What surprises me is that many players have sided against him".