‘He’s right about the transparency and…’ - Novak Djokovic breaks silence on Nick Kyrgios’ remarks on ‘Jannik Sinner doping’ controversy

Novak Djokovic recently broke silence on the statements given by his potential doubles partner Nick Kyrgios about the famous ‘Jannik Sinner doping’ controversy. Djokovic echoed the notion that was put forward by Kyrgios in a statement to Brisbane Press. Notably, there’ve been already a lot of questions around the handling of Jannik Sinner's ‘doping’ case by the authorities.

The Serbian great will be in action with Nick Kyrgios in the upcoming Brisbane International Tournament, where the duo will be playing the first match at Pat Rafter Arena. Meanwhile, Djokovic has come up with support for Kyrgios about the latter’s remarks.

Everyone has the right to express themselves – Novak Djokovic

Djokovic addressed a press conference in the Patrick Rafter Arena in Brisbane ahead of the start of the Brisbane International Tournament. 

‘We live in a world where everyone has the right to express themselves, especially on social media. Nick has spoken a lot about the whole Jannik doping case, and he's right about the transparency and the inconsistency of the protocols and the comparisons between the various cases,’ said Djokovic to journalists during the pre-event press conference.

“We have seen many players in the past, and also currently, who have been suspended for not even having undergone anti-doping tests and for not having communicated their whereabouts, and some lower-ranked players who have been waiting for their cases to be resolved for more than a year,” he added later.

Furthermore, the Olympic Gold medalist also expressed his opinions about the question if Sinner had taken the prohibited substance or not.

“I don't question whether the prohibited substance was taken intentionally or not. I believe in clean sport, I believe that the player will do everything possible to play fair. I’ve known Jannik since he was very young, so he doesn’t seem like the type of person who would do something like that, but I felt frustrated, like most other players, to see that we were kept in the dark for five months after he received that news. It’s not a good image for our sport,” he concluded.