American tennis Great Serena Williams said she would be forbidden for 20 years and deprived of her titles Grand Slam if she failed about drug tests like Men’s World No. 1 Jannik Sinner He did last year.
In February, Sinner accepted a three -month ban on agreement with the World Anti -Doping Agency, which challenged the decision of the independent tribunal, to clean it after two positive tests on Closebol Anabolic agent.
“I love this guy, I love this game,” Williams, 23 Grand Slam winner, said to Time magazine After being appointed part of the Time100 list of the most influential people. “He’s great for sport. I have been so postponed so I don’t want to overthrow anyone. Men’s tennis needs him.
“(But) if I did it, I’d get 20 years. Let’s be honest.
Williams, 43, said she took more care of what she put in her body during her career in case she could eat something that could get her in trouble. She joked that the front scandal would land it “in prison”.
“You’d hear about it in another Multiverse,” she said.
The ruling Australian Open and the US Open Champion Sinner, whose ban will end on May 4, maintained his innocence and said that the trace amount of Closebol in his doping sample was caused by a massage from a coach who used the substance after cutting his own finger. His case, however, raised questions about whether the authorities received preferential treatment.
Iga SwiatlekThe case also caused a certain surprise when the female world No. 2 came in November a monthly suspension after positive to test the prohibited substance trimetazidine.
Former World No. 1 Simona Halep He was also banned, although he was consciously denied for the forbidden drug Roxadustat, and her four -year suspension was reduced to nine months to nine months in 2024 after appeal in the highest sport.
Williams, who last played at 2022 US Open, said Time that she was missing playing tennis.
“I miss it a lot, all my heart. I miss it because I’m healthy,” Williams said. “If I couldn’t walk, or if I were so, he wouldn’t leave me so much.”
Reuters contributed to this report.
