Rennae Stubbs takes aim at WADA after Jannik Sinner ban as she admits she simply cannot understand decision they have made

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Rennae Stubbs is the latest person to have their say on Jannik Sinner after he accepted a three month ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Sinner will be banned until May, after settling his appeal with WADA that means he can return at the Italian Open.

This ban has prompted a huge reaction from a number of players, with Nick Kyrgios very vocal against Sinner since the announcement of his two positive anti-doping tests that took place at Indian Wells last year.

Carlos Alcaraz also reacted to Sinner’s case, with there now a potential opportunity for himself and Alexander Zverev to make some ground on the world number one.

While not everyone has wanted to comment personally on this situation, Jessica Pegula criticized the handling of Sinner’s case.

Rennae Stubbs takes aim at WADA following Jannik Sinner ban

The Australian Open final was Sinner’s last match before receiving the ban, where he defended his title in a straight sets victory over the aforementioned Zverev.

Joining the many people discussing Sinner, former doubles number one Stubbs criticized how WADA have handled the case on her podcast.

“For me it is the most tested sport in the world,” claimed Stubbs. “I talk to WNBA and NBA players and they’re like they never get tested, ever. And they’re an Olympic sport. They never get tested unless it’s like literally going into the Olympics.

“It’s like every single tennis player has to watch what they’re putting into their system and to hear what [Aryna] Sabalenka said in the last couple of days that essentially she’s so afraid this could happen to her, and then you have other people going out and saying that the sport is not clean. I don’t understand it.

“Read the stuff, read what they said said and understand the entire process before you make these comments. And don’t say that you negotiated, could he have, yeah because there is so much ambiguity in what WADA were saying that you’re like, okay what is the ruling? You should have made that ruling seven months ago. They should have made it seven months ago.

“The guy has gone on to win two Grand Slams since the initial findings and now you want to suspend him? It’s embarrassing. And I feel badly for him because everyone is saying we conveniently got this. Well, not really. In a lot of ways this is WADA’s problem. This is WADA’s fault for putting themselves and him in this situation. Why did they change the goalposts now? That is what I don’t understand.”

Aryna Sabalenka explains her fears following recent doping cases

This has not been the only high-profile case in recent months, with Iga Swiatek also receiving a short ban like Sinner following a positive anti-doping test last year that was later proved to have been contaminated.

Stubbs referenced WTA number one Aryna Sabalenka when giving her opinion on Sinner’s case, after the Belarusian explained her fears of being in a similar situation herself.

When speaking in a press conference ahead of the WTA 1000 tournament in Dubai, Sabalenka admitted that she feels like she has become too aware of the risks surrounding anti-doping.

“Well, you just start to be more careful,” said Sabalenka. “Like, for example, before I wouldn’t care leave my glass with the water and go to the bathroom, for example, in the restaurant. So now I’m not going to drink from the same glass of water.

“You just become, like, a bit too much aware of stuff. This thing get to your head that if someone use the cream on you and you get tested positive, they going to go for you. You just become, like, too scared of the system. I don’t see how I can trust the system.”