“Simona Halep and Tara Moore and some other players that are maybe less known that have been struggling to resolve their cases for years, or have got the ban for years … there is so much inconsistencies between the cases,” added Djokovic.
Speaking at the Qatar Open, Djokovic said: “There’s a majority of the players that I’ve talked to in the locker room, not just in the last few days, but also last few months, that are not happy with the way this whole process has been handled.
Meanwhile Britain’s Tara Moore, a far less well-known player, was suspended in May 2022 while an investigation lasted 18 months before an independent tribunal determined that contaminated meat was the source of the prohibited substances she tested positive for.
Sinner’s was the first of two high-profile cases in tennis in quick succession, with the women’s world No 2 Iga Swiatek handed a one-month suspension in November after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine.
By contrast, the former world No 1 Simona Halep was given a four-year ban by the ITIA in 2022 after a positive test, although it was later reduced to nine months.
