'Disgusting For Our Sport': Kyrgios Explains Stance Towards 'Awful' Doping Cases
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Nick Kyrgios explained why he speaks about the doping cases in tennis so often, being the most outspoken voice on the topic.
The Australian tennis player might not have been very active on the tennis courts in the past two years, but he has certainly been active on social media, voicing his opinions about different topics.
While he usually posts about his favorite NBA team, the Boston Celtics, after the doping cases of ATP World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and WTA World No. 1 Iga Swiatek were made public, Kyrgios regularly engaged in a conversation about those cases.
He is of the opinion that Sinner should have faced some kind of punishment for his positive test, and he often speaks about the topic. In fact, he speaks about it so often, that some former players already told him to stop.
While Kyrgios often shared his views mostly through his social media accounts, he finally got to speak to the press ahead of the 2025 Brisbane International, and naturally, he was asked about his position. The Australian explained it on his own example when he was recovering from an injury.
"First of all, someone like me, who I would never even in my entire life ever try and dope in this sport. This is something, especially going through an injury like I went through."
"Obviously, there are things out there that could speed up healing, help me get back to prime level, help my recovery. There are so many things out there that are prohibited in our sport that I could have been doing to get me back quicker."
While Kyrgios can recognize Sinner's qualities, he thinks that doping cases were not handled properly, and on top of that, just the fact that they came to be made tennis look terrible.
"Okay, he's No. 1 in the world, he is an amazing tennis player. I never said he's not. I just think the treatment has to be fair for everyone. I just think that it's been handled horrifically in our sport. Two world No. 1s both getting done for doping is disgusting for our sport. It's a horrible look."
"Yeah, the tennis integrity right now, and everyone knows it, but no one wants to speak about it, it's awful. It's actually awful. And it's not okay. I know that people don't like it when I just speak out about things and be honest about things."
Kyrgios was very detailed in his explanation, and despite sharing his thoughts, he once again emphasized that he would not stop talking about it, as he finds it important to continue the conversation.
"For a kid that grew up playing tennis, I enjoyed the competition, I enjoyed playing. I can get emotional, I can throw a racquet, but that's nothing compared to cheating and taking performance-enhancing drug performance-enhancing drugs. That's ridiculous in my opinion. I'm not going to shut up about it anyway."
