Mannarino Suspects Sinner and Swiatek of Doping: "I Stopped Believing in Santa Claus.."

Carlos Navarro | 16 Dec 2024 | 19.42

Adrian Mannarino.

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We are just a few weeks away from the end of 2024, and many players are still speaking out about the two cases of doping that rocked the tennis world this season. This time, it was Adrian Mannarino who appeared on RMC and shared his opinion on what happened with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek, making his stance clear and showing some skepticism.

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus a while ago. If some want to believe them, let them. It's not for me. I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but everything is still very surprising. We've had two positives in the top 300, and both come from the number ones. Of course, you can accidentally take a bad pill, but it’s surprising. I see myself, at 36, limping every time I get out of bed: if I compete against 20 to 25-year-old players who are not even clean, everything becomes much more difficult."

Adrian Mannarino 🇫🇷 on the positive tests of Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek 👇

🗣️ "I no longer believe in Santa Claus. Out of 300 tested players, it's the number ones who are positive... The authorities have taken care of all that to make them look like victims" pic.twitter.com/rOdXGQVp14
— Univers Tennis 🎾 (@UniversTennis) December 16, 2024