SINNER: “I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team”

Jannik Sinner, who accepted a three -month suspension agreement with the world anti -doping agency (from February 9 to May 4 for positive for clostebol), acknowledged that, although it was clear that he did not obtain a competitive advantage, it is the “Responsible” of your entire team.

“I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and I realize that the strict rules of the AMA are an important protection for the sport I love. On this basis I have accepted the offer to resolve this procedure with a 3 months sanction “, The Italian explained in a statement provided by his press team.

The world number 1 tested positive for a substance called Clostebol In Indian Wells last March, almost a year ago. The reason, as the tennis player explained in his day, It was a massage he received from his physio without gloves while he was cured a finger wound with a medication that contained the prohibited substance.

After having been declared innocent by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), the World Anti -Doping Agency (AMA) reopened the case and now has finally reached the agreement with the tennis player.

The one born in San Cándido, as reported by the official statement, recognizes its “Partial responsibility in the mistakes made by his team”, but pointed out that the investigation of the AMA “concluded that he had no intention or obtained any competitive advantage of the two positive results detected in his body.”

The world number 1 justifies the agreement, although it has always defended to be innocent: “This case has been about me for almost a year and the process still had a long time ahead and the decision would not be taken until the end of the year.”

In case of not having reached an agreement, on April 16 and 17, a hearing would have been held to rule its guilt or innocence. The sanction, if it had been convicted, would have been much greater.