Tennis star Iga Swiatek issues thinly- veiled swipe at Nick Kyrgios after doping saga - 'obviously there are going to be some negative comments'
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Tennis star Iga Swiatek has admitted she feared her reputation would be in tatters following a positive doping test result earlier this year - before raising eyebrows when she declared 'obviously there are going to be some negative comments' in a likely swipe at Aussie Nick Kyrgios.
![[It comes after Kyrgios was vocal in his criticism after the four-week ban issued to Swiatek and men's world number one Jannik Sinner escaping any sanction for the same offence]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/01/93533575-14231331-image-m-66_1735349061987.jpg)
It comes after Kyrgios was vocal in his criticism after the four-week ban issued to Swiatek and men's world number one Jannik Sinner escaping any sanction for the same offence. Five-time grand slam winner Swiatek, 23, tested positive in an out-of-competition sample in August to a banned substance.
![[Kyrgios tweeted on X 'our sport is cooked' after Iga Swiatek's ban issued in August]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/01/93533489-14231331-image-a-67_1735349081680.jpg)
The world number two was given a one-month ban by the ITIA, who accepted the test outcome was caused by a contamination to her sleeping medication. Sinner, the defending Australian Open champion, escaped a ban in August despite failing two anti-doping tests.
![[The Aussie was dumbfounded part of Jannik Sinner's defence was the use of massage cream]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/01/93533461-14231331-image-a-68_1735349217303.jpg)
The sport was then rocked by a third doping saga when Aussie Max Purcell entered a voluntary provisional suspension after admitting to breaching the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP). Tennis star Iga Swiatek has admitted she feared the reaction to her positive doping test - before declaring 'there are going to be some negative comments' in a possible swipe at Nick Kyrgios.
![[World number one Sinner will look to defend his Australian Open crown in January]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/01/93533485-14231331-image-m-70_1735349267044.jpg)
It comes after Kyrgios was vocal in his criticism after the four-week ban issued to Swiatek and men's world number one Jannik Sinner escaping any sanction for the same offence. Kyrgios tweeted on X 'our sport is cooked' after Iga Swiatek's ban issued in August.
![[The sport was then rocked by a third doping saga when Aussie Max Purcell (pictured) entered a voluntary provisional suspension after admitting to breaching the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP) just before Christmas]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/28/01/93534113-14231331-image-a-71_1735349345622.jpg)
