Iga Swiatek, upon finding out about her doping: “I had a very violent reaction”

Iga Swiatek (2nd in the world ranking) starred in one of the most shocking news in recent times in the world of tennis when ITIA announced a one-month suspension for the former world number one for testing positive in the anti-doping control. The drug that was found in his body is trimetazidine.

However, when his innocence was proven, Swiatek will return to action for the 2025 Australian Open, first Grand Slam of the season.

In the last few hours, Iga spoke again on this topic: “I had a very violent reaction. It was a mixture of incomprehension and panic, I cried a lot. “When players are notified of something we usually get an email, so I thought it would be a regular notification, but it turned out to be much more serious.”

“I couldn’t read the email until the end because I was already in tears. The people who were with me said that my reaction was as if someone had died. “I’m glad I wasn’t alone at that time because I was able to show them what had happened,” she added.

When talking about his defense and proof of innocence, he commented: “It helped me that I had already earned a lot of money and could spend it on my defense without even blinking.. “I know that many athletes do not have these opportunities and I think this is something that can stop them, because I paid for the entire process and spent about $90,000.”