Nick Kyrgios has continued his fiery rhetoric about Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek's doping cases, saying that their treatment is unfair to others and annoys him.
Swiatek and Sinner's doping cases were among the most shocking incidents in 2024, especially since each is or was at No. 1 in the ATP and WTA rankings this season.
Sinner twice tested positive for the banned substance clostebol at March's Indian Wells Open. A private five-month investigation from the International Tennis Integrity (ITIA) cleared him of wrongdoing, although his prize money and ranking points from Indian Wells were stripped.
This year's Australian Open and US Open champion's nightmare did not end there. The World Anti-Doping Agency appealed his case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and a verdict will be reached sometime in 2025.
Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine from an out-of-competition sample she submitted on August 12th. The Pole was provisionally suspended on September 12th.
However, Swiatek had the provisional ban lifted on October 4th when further testing proved her explanation that the melatonin tablets she bought were contaminated with traces of trimetazidine.
WADA could still appeal the one-month suspension she accepted, although there are rumors that it is unlikely to do so. By contrast, a top sports lawyer believes CAS will suspend Sinner.
Kyrgios has expressed outrage about how Sinner and Sinner's cases were handled. The 29-year-old has attacked Sinner the most of the two, and said he would show the Italian no respect if they meet at the Australian Open.
In an appearance on the Nothing Major Podcast, Kyrgios said he had nothing personal against Swiatek specifically but that her and Sinner's positive tests for prohibited substances make him angry.
"Honestly, it's nothing personal. Like, I've got nothing personal on Iga. I just think that it should be a level playing field for everyone and that's what pisses me off."
"Because I know these guys it feels like they already have an advantage because they're just Gods and then taking all these other performance enhancing drugs just like for me, it makes me angry because I know that me personally, I've never done it and I won't ever do it."
Kyrgios then accused Sinner of using cream on his body to give himself a crazy aura before arguing that Sinner and Swiatek portrayed themselves as victims, which angers him.
"Then this guy is rubbing cream all over his body that gives him (referring to Jannik Sinner) some crazy aura. It's not fair. That's why I'm angry about it."
"Once you get caught you can't act like the victim. That's what pisses me off even more. I'm like, 'hold on a second.'"
The Australian's statement about Sinner using cream to give himself an aura is inaccurate since neither the ITIA nor WADA disputed the Italian's explanation that the tiny traces of clostebol entered his system accidentally from his physiotherapist.
Some also question whether Kyrgios' anger at Sinner is more personal since he retained good relations with Marin Cilic after the Croatian received a doping ban. Kyrgios also kept a friendly relationship with Viktor Troicki after the Serbian's doping suspension.
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