Lorenzo Musetti opens up about compatriot Jannik Sinner’s doping case as 38 athletes from Italy tested positive for clostebol
Lorenzo Musetti defended Italian tennis even after 38 athletes from his country had failed drug tests due to clostebol before Jannik Sinner.
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Lorenzo Musetti, Jannik Sinner (Images via X)
Though the uproar around Jannik Sinner‘s doping saga has died down, the tennis community has not forgotten that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is yet to give its verdict following an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Sinner’s compatriot Lorenzo Musetti opened up about the case in a recent interview.
Musetti was made aware that before Sinner, 38 athletes in different sports in Italy between 2019 and 2023 had tested positive for the same substance. The 22-year-old defended Italian tennis because only a few of the tennis players from his country tested positive for clostebol.
If there had been 38 cases of tennis players, it probably could have given the impression that there was something suspicious. But at our level, I know that only Jannik tested positive for this substance. So we must not take away all the good sides of Italian tennis because of this. There are a lot of controls and there is a lot of transparency in this sport. And I don’t want to think about anything else. I believe in the fight against doping.
Lorenzo Musetti told Tennis Majors
As per the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), Sinner failed two drug tests in March this year but was proven innocent after the investigation conducted by an independent tribunal. The independent tribunal confirmed that clostebol accidentally entered Sinner’s body due to a spray used by his ex-physio Giacomo Naldi to heal a minor cut on his finger.
Sinner later announced his split from Naldi as well as Umberto Ferrera, his ex-fitness trainer who purchased the spray from Italy.
Lorenzo Musetti reveals his best achievement of 2024
Lorenzo Musetti thinks the ATP Tour is difficult for emotions, which is why he has vowed not to take everything as a ‘god-given guarantee’. Although this year so far has been his best, Musetti revealed what was the biggest thing he achieved in 2024.
I was blessed with the birth of my first child this year. That is still the biggest achievement I have made so far.
Lorenzo Musetti told Tennis Majors
The Italian No. 2 made it to the semifinal of Wimbledon and lost to Novak Djokovic. Then at the Paris Olympics, he scripted history by becoming the first tennis player from Italy in 100 years to win a medal. He won the bronze medal after defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime.
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