Carlos Alcaraz believes Jannik Sinner’s doping case verdict being appealed by WADA is not a good sign for tennis. World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed the previous verdict of the International Tennis Integrity Agency.
Meanwhile, Alcaraz and Sinner are currently part of the China Open and both have reached the quarterfinals of the tournament.
“Well, yeah, as you said, it’s really sensitive things to Jannik and tennis in general. I mean, after everything was decide, let’s say, before Cincinnati, that the ITIA said that Jannik Sinner saying he didn’t do anything wrong, and now came again, it is open again. I think for tennis is not really good, not really good sign for tennis in general,” Carlos Alcaraz said while speaking to the press.
“It seems like something happen. But, you know, after one months, let’s say, I thought it was closed, anything is going to happen again, Jannik is innocent, and they saw that Jannik didn’t do anything wrong. So I started to thinking about it and start thinking about myself,” he added.
The Spaniard added he was surprised by WADA’s decision as he thought that the case was closed following ITIA’s ruling.
“This month I didn’t know what happen exactly. I just saw the news and it surprise me a little bit. Okay, what’s going on that the case is open again? I don’t know how it’s going to be the next months. For sure to tennis, not a good sign,” Alcaraz said.
Earlier, Sinner had shared his disappointment after WADA challenged the previous decision made by the ITIA.
“I’m very disappointed and also surprised of this appeal, to be honest, because we had three hearings. All three hearings came out very positively for me. You know, I was not expecting it. I knew it a couple of days ago, that they were going to appeal, that today it’s going to go official,” Sinner said.
