Overview

• Nick Kyrgios told the i that seeing two players return from doping suspensions to contest Wimbledon finals damages the sport’s image.
• Jannik Sinner was cleared by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after two positive tests for a clostebol metabolite were ruled accidental contamination.
• Iga Swiatek served a one-month ban in August 2024 for trimetazidine she traced to a contaminated melatonin supplement.
• On X, Kyrgios argued that a repeat steroid finding should carry a two-year suspension and dismissed massage cream explanations as insufficient.
• Swiatek and Sinner each won their respective Wimbledon 2025 titles, prompting renewed calls for clearer, more consistent anti-doping protocols.