Sinner speaks for the first time after agreement over positive test: “I chose the lesser evil, even though it was unfair”
Jannik Sinner has spoken exclusively to Sky Sports. It is the first interview he has given since the agreement he reached with the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Italian tennis player accepted a three-month ban, after his double positive for a prohibited substance (clostebol) in March 2024."The decision to reach an agreement was very quick, although I did not agree," said Sinner, who will return to the court for the Rome Masters. "In the end I chose the lesser evil, although it was unfair, but there could have been a greater injustice."The Australian Open winner admitted that he had a hard time throughout this process and in the days following the agreement with WADA: "I was very fragile after what happened, because a lot of things happened, even reactions from me that I did not expect. But in life you learn, […]