Jannik Sinner doping case: WADA seeks ban of up to two years in appeal

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that it will appeal against the “no fault or negligence” finding in Jannik Sinner’s anti-doping case.WADA is seeking a “period of ineligibility of one or two years,” in which the world No. 1 tennis player and two-time Grand Slam champion would be barred from competing in the sport at all levels. Sinner won the U.S. Open in New York just three weeks ago.AdvertisementSinner, who is currently playing at the China Open in Beijing, said he was “surprised” by WADA’s decision.“Obviously 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,” he told reporters after beating Roman Safiullin to reach the last eight in Beijing.“We always talk about the same thing. Maybe they just want to make sure that everything is in the right position.”In a further statement, a “disappointed” Sinner added that there had been “three separate hearings in each case c...