Novak Djokovic has made his feelings clear on Jannik Sinner doping ban as they prepare for Wimbledon clash

Novak Djokovic has antecedently spoken astir Jannik Sinner's doping prohibition up of their Wimbledon semi-final clash.

On Wednesday afternoon, some Djokovic and Sinner were successful enactment arsenic they looked to unafraid a spot successful the past 4 of Wimbledon.

World fig 1 Sinner easy brushed speech American Ben Shelton, winning 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4.

Meanwhile, Djokovic was made to enactment for it arsenic Flavio Cobolli took the archetypal acceptable earlier the Serbian came retired 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victor successful 4 sets.

As a result, Djokovic and Sinner volition play for a spot successful the Wimbledon final, with the brace taking to the tribunal connected Friday afternoon.

Earlier successful the year, Sinner made headlines aft it was confirmed that helium had accepted an contiguous three-month prohibition from tennis.

Sinner had reached a colony with the World Anti-Doping Agency aft 2 affirmative cause tests successful 2024.

Back successful August 2024, it was reported by the BBC that Sinner “tested affirmative for debased levels of a metabolite of clostebol - a steroid that tin beryllium utilized to physique musculus mass”.

At the time, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) stated that Sinner had been contaminated with the substance by his physiotherapist, aft helium had been applying an over-the-counter spray successful Italy to a chopped successful his ain manus earlier carrying retired treatments connected the 23-year-old.

In February this year, Djokovic, who is presently chasing his 25th Grand Slam rubric and a record-equalling eighth Wimbledon crown, spoke astir Sinner's ban.

He said: "There’s a bulk of the players that I’ve talked to successful the locker room, not conscionable successful the past fewer days, but besides past fewer months, that are not blessed with the mode this full process has been handled.

"A bulk of the players don’t consciousness it’s fair. A bulk of the players consciousness similar determination is favouritism happening. It appears that you tin astir impact the result if you are a apical player, if you person entree to the apical lawyers."

Novak Djokovic is chasing his eighth Wimbledon title. Image: Getty

The 38-year-old continued: "Simona Halep and Tara Moore and immoderate different players that are possibly little known that person been struggling to resoluteness their cases for years, oregon person got the prohibition for years … determination is truthful overmuch inconsistencies betwixt the cases.

"Sinner has got a suspension for 3 months due to the fact that of mistakes and negligence of his squad members, who are moving connected the tour. This is besides thing that I personally and galore different players find strange.

"Now it’s a ripe clip for america to truly code the system, due to the fact that the strategy and the operation evidently doesn’t work, anti-doping, it’s obvious. I anticipation that successful the adjacent aboriginal the governing bodies are going to travel unneurotic and effort to find a much effectual mode to woody with these processes. It’s inconsistent, and it appears to beryllium precise unfair."

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