Jannik Sinner. (AP Photo)
Jarry, who had tested positive for Lindanrol and Stanozolal, and was suspended from the Tour for ten months from January 2020, before the ITF ruled that he ‘bore no significant fault or negligence for his violation’, said the suspension had weighed him down mentally. The world No.36 told reporters he too would’ve liked to have got some of the support Sinner enjoyed from the tennis world. On a day when the biggest names in the game were in action at Melbourne Park, world No.2 Iga Swiatek also had some of the spotlight on her. The Pole got her Australian Open campaign off to a victorious start on Monday, notching her 23rd first-round win at a major with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over 50th-ranked Katerina Siniakova.
“I was curious to see how it was (going to be),” Sinner said after the 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5), 6-1 win over Jarry. “I don’t know the details of his case,” Sinner said. “Accepting the fact that sometimes you’re not going to have control over some stuff in your life, this situation can happen, and then you have to deal with it,” Swiatek said of her take-aways of the last few months. “It’s a big lesson, it’s going to help me in other aspects of my life.”
“You never know what’s (going) to happen. I was happy, it was a very nice crowd. There were some (people) for my opponent and some for me. It was a nice atmosphere. “What I can say is that we got treated in the same way, there’s the protocol. If the protocol has some issues then it’s not my fault. Of course, I’m very sorry for the players who (face) these kinds of things, but I don’t know exactly the details about his case. I only know what happened to me.