Nick Kyrgios has strongly criticized Jannik Sinner and his team following the doping controversy involving Sinner’s physio, Giacomo Naldi. The scandal erupted after Naldi reportedly used a contaminated spray on himself before giving Sinner a bare-handed massage, inadvertently causing a doping violation in March. The spray, containing clostebol, was allegedly purchased by Sinner’s trainer, Umberto Ferrara.
While both Naldi and Ferrara faced backlash and were later dismissed, Kyrgios questioned the delay in Sinner’s decision to part ways with them. He argued that such negligence from a professional team was unacceptable, saying, “Why did they wait five to six months to do anything about it? That doesn’t make sense.”
In response to critics defending Sinner’s team, Kyrgios labeled them “potatoes” and stated his own team would have resigned immediately if they caused such an incident. He further condemned the situation as “horrible” and “disgusting” for the sport of tennis, expressing disbelief over the handling of the matter.
Nick Kyrgios in 2025
Now the world no., Kyrgios played his last match on the 31st of December 2024 when he lost to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Brisbane (draw).
Until now, during this year the Australian has managed to achieve an overall 0-1 record.
Jannik Sinner in 2025
WWWWWWWWWW Now the world no.1, Jannik played his last match on the 24th of November 2024 when he overcame Tallon Griekspoor 7-6(2) 6-2 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
During this season the Italian achieved an overall 73-6 win-loss record.
Nick Kyrgios and Jannik Sinner squared off just once. Their actual head to head record is 1-0 for Sinner. When they played, Jannik Sinner won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami (Miami Open) in March 2022.
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Nick Kyrgios and Jannik Sinner |
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