indiana wrote:

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JonH comes home wrote:

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indiana wrote:

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Apparently she has actually served 3 weeks in season after being provisional suspended. It was why she missed the Korean Open, China Open and Wuhan Open before that provisional suspension was lifted. Having ultimately been given a month, she now just has to serve' the final week or so and will be eligible again on 4th December.

Www.itia.tennis.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cm2z5ek3m5mo

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 Surely the month should have been in one hit and when she would have played ie miss the tour finals? Why would she be allowed to play that, suspension lifted for the big one, and then effectively re suspended tk serve her final week - you can do it rover Xmas if you like, Iga. Pathetic 

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I read it that the ITIA explanation is that she became eligible again after she appealed and so her provisional suspension was then stopped while her case was further considered. Then with the one month judgement this week, she had 3 weeks served and the remainder to serve out immediately ( effectively in the close season for her ). 

The month only came into force this week, initially it being an unspecified provisional suspension while they awaited a response. 

-- Edited by indiana on Thursday 28th of November 2024 09:37:39 PM

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 Understood - to be honest I havent read the judgement so didnt see the detail. Still, feels like she got off lightly on this. As did Sinner. 

So many players seem to take these substances accidentally, they really are very unlucky. 

indiana wrote:

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I haven't read the judgement either. I just gathered as above from the BBC article.

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 Cool - yes, hadnt read that either - I go through life forming opinions on things I am remarkably uninformed about! 

A further article on the BBC website discussing the differences between several cases, including Swiatek, Sinner, Halep and Tara

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cj4vr7gypqgo