Taylor Fritz ‘upset’ to see ‘insane bias’ from tennis fans after Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner’s doping controversy
Taylor Fritz criticized the tennis public for their different reactions after Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner failed doping tests.
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Iga Swiatek, Taylor Fritz, Jannik Sinner (Images via X)
When the tennis community thought they probably had no better topics to discuss and debate, they did not expect to hear the news that World No. 2 Iga Swiatek had failed a doping test. They were not taken aback to an extreme extent because just a few months ago men’s World No.1 Jannik Sinner plunged into similar controversy. World No. 4 Taylor Fritz has his two cents on the subject.
Like Sinner, Swiatek also got contaminated accidentally and won’t be dealing with a harsher punishment. She accepted a one-month suspension after the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) believed her explanation that the banned substance, trimetazidine (TMZ), entered her system because of a medicine melatonin that she was taking for sleep and jet lag issues.
Netizens once again debated and criticized ITIA while recalling how many innocent players, including Simona Halep, had to go through to prove that they did not violate doping rules. Fritz joined the bandwagon and instead of commenting anything on any player or the ITIA, he simply questioned the tennis fans for their opinions.
It’s fine to have your own honest opinions but what I can’t fathom and what is so upsetting to see as a player, is the INSANE bias from the tennis public supporting whatever story pushes the agenda they want to be pushed.
Taylor Fritz wrote on X
Fritz wants the tennis world not to blindly push the narrative that a player is a cheater simply because he or she is a rival of their favorite players.
If it’s a rival of the player you support that tests positive then you are on team “let’s call them a doper/cheater/disgrace them as much as possible” and if it’s your fav player that it’s about then it’s “innocent no questions asked” How are you not able to remove your own personal bias and form an educated and honest opinion for yourself?
Taylor Fritz added
Check out his tweet here:
What drives me CRAZY about these situations (in terms of going on X) is not the actual cases themselves. It’s tough to know exactly what happened/all the details in all of these specific instances, so the speculation talk isn’t really my favorite thing to do. It’s fine to have…
— Taylor Fritz (@Taylor_Fritz97) November 28, 2024
Morgan Riddle teases Taylor Fritz for not understanding internet culture
Taylor Fritz‘s girlfriend Morgan Riddle contracted Norovirus and gave an update about her health on her social media. She shared a picture of her on her Instagram story wearing a T-shirt that Fritz gave him. On the T-shirt, the message read: “My tummy hurts but I’m being really brave about it.”
Taylor got me this millennial-a** sweatshirt and he thought it was so funny (he doesn’t understand internet culture so we will give him grace) but today felt like a good time to wear it.
Morgan Riddle wrote on her Instagram
Check it out here:
Fritz ended his season at the ATP Finals after losing the final to Jannik Sinner. He had also made his first Grand Slam final appearance at the US Open and there too he lost to the Italian.
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