While players have born the brunt of the blame for anti-doping scandals, Jelena Dokic says others need to bear responsibility.
Former tennis ace Jelena Dokic says anti-doping will only become a bigger talking point in coming years as the fallout continues from two leading players testing positive to banned substances this year.
Professional tennis was rocked this year when men’s world No.1 Jannik Sinner twice tested positive to clostebol and women’s world No.2 Iga Swiatek tested positive in August to trimetazidine. Outspoken Australian player Nick Kyrgios described the sport as “cooked.” The issue of anti-doping in tennis “is going to be a massive conversation in the next couple of years,” Dokic said.Credit:Dokic famously defeated world No.1 Martina Hingis in the first round at Wimbledon in 1999 as a 16-year-old and went on to win six WTA singles titles before retiring.
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