For Moorhouse, CEO of Itia, there was no anomaly in communicating the provisional suspension after months. "Sinner case, no violation of the rules"

The case of doping di Jannik Sinner is closed, with the world number one having agreed to a three-month ban. But it continues to be a topic of discussion. A year after testing positive for a anabolic steroid of the blue star, Karen Moorhouse, CEO of theInternational Tennis Integrity Agency (Itia), assures that he feels "absolutely at ease" with the management of the case. Despite criticism arising, for example, from the delay of several months between the positive tests of Sinner and Iga Swiatek and their communication by Itia.

"The miscommunications surrounding the case may have revealed a misunderstanding of our rules regarding the announcement of positive tests and provisional suspensions," Moorhouse said. "It was mistakenly believed that we were announcing positive tests, when in fact we were announcing provisional suspensions. In both cases, the rules were upheld. Because the appeals were successful, the provisional suspensions were not made public. Our rules are based on the World Anti-Doping Code. But most of the offences in question involve intent. In the Sinner case, according to the legal advice received, there was no justification for criminal prosecution of the entourage. There was no breach of the rules of the tennis anti-doping programme."