Jannik Sinner received plenty of reactions from fellow ATP players following his test for a banned substance, and some were not happy, something he has no control over.
The Italian tennis player tested positive for a banned substance earlier this year while competing at the Indian Wells Open in March, which is enough in some people's eyes to cut him out of tennis completely.
Those were just some of the reactions from tennis fans on social media. When it was explained that he was contaminated by mistake, some accepted that, but a group of people still didn't care.
They wanted him to be punished severely for what happened to him. They have made up their minds, and that will likely not change. When it comes to Sinner, he doesn't care what those people have to say, regardless of whether it's fans or fellow players, who were not happy with the handling of his doping case.
Some of those were Nick Kyrgios, Denis Shapovalov, Vasek Pospisil, Liam Broady, and plenty others, who have came out and spoke against how swift and straightforward the process was for the 23-year-old, in light of some other cases in the sport.
The Italian was open about everything that had happened during his doping saga. That's all he could do, and those who will have a problem with that will likely have an issue regardless of what he has to say.
He's fine with that, but he's also happy that overall, the reaction among his peers was good. Quite a few took his side, while a few went against him. Sinner funnily said he knew his friends' names after this case came out.
"I cannot really control what they think and what they talk. You know, that's how everything went and how it was, I already talk, no? I cannot control the players' reaction, and if I have something to say to someone, I go there privately, because I'm this kind of person. But, look, overall, it has been not bad. So I'm happy about that."
Still, the Italian will likely wear this for the rest of his career. It's not something that will ever go away. Even when the Italian gets inducted into the Hall of Fame many years from now, somebody will likely run the story of him testing positive.
If anything, this will make the 2024 Australian Open winner even more careful about whom he lets close to himself. At the end of the day, physio Giacomo Naldi was let go after this news broke out.
Overall, it's just a situation he had no control over from start to finish. That's why he will likely want to focus on his 2024 US Open campaign, which he started with a four-set win over Mackenzie McDonald from the United States.
In the second round, the World No. 1 player will have to play against another American, this time young prodigy, Alex Michelsen, who will want to delight the crowd in New York.
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