World No 2 Iga Swiatek speaks out after serving one-month doping ban - just months after male star Jannik Sinner failed two tests
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Iga Swiatek admitted she feared a more negative reaction to her doping ban and sees no reason for the case to drag on. The Pole was handed a one-month suspension in November after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine, which the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) accepted was caused by contamination of a medicine Swiatek was taking to help combat jet lag.
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It was the second high-profile doping case to hit the sport in a matter of months following men's world number one Jannik Sinner's two failed tests, for which he did not receive a ban. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appealed that decision and Sinner still has the threat of a suspension hanging over him, but Swiatek is not expecting a similar outcome in her situation.
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She served a brief provisional suspension, causing her to miss three tournaments in the autumn, before completing the ban during the off-season once her punishment was announced. Addressing the matter for the first time at a press conference ahead of the United Cup in Australia - the first tournament of the new season - Swiatek said of the possibility of a WADA appeal: 'Well I don't think there is any reason, because I didn't play three tournaments.
World No 2 Iga Swiatek admitted she feared a more negative reaction to her doping ban. The Pole was handed a one-month suspension in November after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine. 'I was suspended for a long time and I lost (world) number one because of that. I also know how the procedure worked, and I gave every possible evidence and there is not much, honestly, to do more.
