World number one Jannik Sinner is
expected back in Italy after his historic US Open victory last
Sunday to support Italian players in action in Bologna for the
Davis Cup on September 15.
Meanwhile, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) still has time to
decide whether to appeal to the Lausanne-based Court of
Arbitration of Sport (TAS) against a decision by the
International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) which cleared
Sinner of responsibility for involuntarily taking a banned
steroid in April, Clostebol.
ANSA has learned that WADA last week asked ITIA for the complete
documentation on the case and has 21 days of time to file an
appeal starting from when it receives the material.
WADA is therefore expected to take a decision by the end of the
month.
Meanwhile it has confirmed that "a review of the case is still
ongoing" and that, "for the moment, no decision has been taken".
TAS has in fact not received an appeal so far.
Meanwhile the other party potentially interested in an appeal,
Italy's anti-doping agency Nado Italia, has not filed it, as
reported earlier by ANSA.
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