Breaking News; Sinner, no CAS hearing before February: the case goes beyond the Australian Open

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has published the calendar of hearings scheduled until 11 February 2025, and among these the hearing of Jannik Sinner does not appear. A significant piece of information which indicates that the case of the world number 1 will not be discussed before that date.

The CAS has announced all the hearings scheduled for the next few months in its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, but Sinner's name is not among those on the agenda. This information confirms that the case will not be discussed before the 2025 Australian Open, the first Slam of the season, and that the final decision will only come after February 11th.

It could also be possible to reach a conciliation between the parties. This hypothesis is put forward by the lawyer Marco Consonni, a lawyer specialized in sports matters also in relation to the thorny issues of doping. In a statement released to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Consonni states that the prosecution and defense "could make themselves available to mediation to find a settlement of the dispute outside of the CAS". “In the conciliatory context, any type of negotiated solution would be possible, Sinner could benefit from an agreement that would have milder effects than an unfavorable, definitive and non-challengeable decision”.
 
Maybe he can play mixed-ban doubles with Iga and be done with it in, what, 7 days?

Winner Sinner indeed.
 
Good news for Sinner. He can fully focus on AO now to defend the title. Sinner vs Novak will be epic if they meet in 25 AO.

Thread for Sinner by WinnerSinner. That feels so right
 
This was obviously going to happen. Now they can wrist slap him and make him miss the sunshine double or something. Losing Sinner would hurt the tour too much financially for them to let it happen.
 
I'm pretty sure that it was reported back in September or early October that his case wouldn't be heard until Februrary of next year. We already knew he was playing the AO.
 
Now that the balls in official matches won't bounce for a while. Now that, for a few weeks, there will be no other trophies to win. And that Jannik Sinner, between well-deserved celebrations and holidays, will enjoy what he has achieved in a 2024 to be framed, the attention on him will inevitably focus on the doping case involving him. Wada, the World Anti-Doping Agency based in Montreal, has presented, as is known, an appeal to the CAS, the Court of Arbitration for Sport based in Lausanne against the decision taken by Itia, the International Agency for the Integrity of Tennis operating from London who, after turning to an independent tribunal, declared the Italian innocent for the double positivity to Clostebol in March. It is a steroid contained in Trofodermin, a healing agent used by the former physiotherapist from South Tyrol, Giacomo Naldi, to treat a wound on a finger. However, there are still many questions awaiting answers regarding the matter. And at this point it is necessary to try to clarify its contours. Even thunderstorms.
1. WHAT WILL THE CAS BE CALLED TO JUDGE?—

Not the legitimacy of the first instance decision, but the merit of the facts. Sinner's defenders will have to explain how the prohibited substance entered the athlete's body, demonstrate that it was not taken voluntarily (but Wada has already accepted the theory) and that Jannik was not negligent or significantly negligent.

2. WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD RISKING?—

Sinner, if no negligence is found, will be found not guilty and will not suffer sanctions. Otherwise, he will have to serve a disqualification that will range from a minimum of 12 months to a maximum of 24. Hypothesizing a stop of "a few months" is a mistake.

3. WHY DID WADA APPEAL?—

Evidently because he believes that there are concrete elements to support it, be they poorly evaluated evidence from the ITIA proceedings or otherwise. To the point of running the risk of rejection outright.

4. WHEN WILL THE CAS BE PRONOUNCED?—

At the moment there are no certainties. It will also depend on when the designated arbitration panel will be defined: in any case at a time following the deposition of Wada's appeal brief and that of the player. As per the Tas regulation, it will be made up of three members. An arbitrator chosen by the "accuser", one by the "accused" and the third, the President, appointed by the two parties. If these do not reach an agreement, the designation will be up to the Tas itself. The trial, in principle, if the parties agree (it is an obligatory step), could perhaps take place in February. ATP calendar in hand, after the Australian Open and before the US hard court tournaments.

5. WHO WILL BE THE REFEREES?—

There are no guarantees in this case either. Wada indicated its arbitrator at the same time as the appeal was filed. This would be a particularly intransigent character. The Italian's lawyers may instead have chosen the American Jeffrey Benz, already for example in the Tas panel that judged the case of the Romanian tennis player Simona Halep and in the one, chaired by the Italian Fabio Iudica, appointed for the infamous case linked to the Beijing 2022 Games of the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva (a sport that Benz himself practiced at good levels in the 1980s). Finally, the President. The name is given to the 60-year-old German Ulrich Haas, professor of law at the University of Zurich and lawyer in Hamburg. Highly esteemed, he would be a guarantee President.

6. IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY OF A PLEA SETTLEMENT?—

The Tas Code regarding Arbitration that will be applied to the case expressly provides for the possibility of resorting to a mediation procedure. «In theory – explains the Milanese lawyer Marco Consonni, who deals with sporting issues often connected to anti-doping matters – the parties could make themselves available to mediation to find a settlement of the dispute outside of the Tas. Disciplinary disputes, including those relating to anti-doping, are excluded from this procedure, but may be included if the parties agree. Sinner, since in the conciliation context any type of negotiated solution would be possible, could benefit from an agreement that would have milder effects than an unfavorable, definitive and non-challengeable decision. Negotiative dispute resolution systems are widely used in many fields and often allow complicated disputes to be resolved."

7. COULD THE SWIATEK CASE THAT EMERGED YESTERDAY HAVE ANY CORRELATION TO THE SINNER CASE?—

With this story we enter the case of consumption of contaminated products. But it is significant that the penalty was somehow agreed upon.
 
The Guru said:
This was obviously going to happen. Now they can wrist slap him and make him miss the sunshine double or something. Losing Sinner would hurt the tour too much financially for them to let it happen.
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The Djoker and Alcaraz will be there.
Melbourne will sell out with or without Sinner.
 
its a lose lose situation for the atp and itf. If sinner was banned before AO, its a huge cloud during the event. If it’s after and sinner wins then its a three time slam champ banned and the season is off to a very bad start.
thus I think sinner will lose early to save face for everyone.
 
Better_Call_Raul said:
CAS needs to issue a decision now instead of dragging its feet. It is inexcusable.
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It can be rhetorically satisfying to make nonsensical demands, but they're still nonsensical. No decision can be "issued" until the hearing is held, and before the hearing is held, it must be scheduled. And scheduling is a multiparty process: WADA, the Sinner team, the CAS bureaucracy itself, and the selected tribunal members. No court or pseudo-court, especially one with worldwide jurisdiction, is likely to move fast in a case like this.
 
I hope there will be no ban for Sinner... This would be terrible for the sport. This depressing story needs to be resolved. I wish it was over already.

But I'm not gonna lie either... As a Djokovic fan, I will be livid if he loses to Sinner in Melbourne AND if Sinner gets suspended in February right after the AO. Djokovic will be 38 next year. AO is his favorite Slam. AO 2025 may be his last/best window to win a 25th Slam. I don't want him to lose his (maybe) last chance to win a Slam against someone who's guilty and should have been suspended. Maybe RG/Wimbledon 2025 will be too late for Djokovic, Sinner or not Sinner. But if Sinner stops him again down under, I will pray that he doesn't get banned later in the season. He already lost too much because of this covid crap (starting with the ridiculous cancellation of Wimbledon 2020, a Slam he was always going to win). He doesn't need more injustice.

Don't care for Alcaraz or Medevdev or Zverev but they will have good reasons to be pissed too, ..... if they lose to Sinner in Australia only to watch him get a ban a few weeks later.

Other thing I don't want to see is Djokovic (or Alcaraz or others) winning Slams in 2025 while Sinner is suspended. They will be accused of vulturing and taking advantage. I don't think the players want that either.
 
It’s alright, Aussies only hate dopers/cheats when they’re Asian, Jannik (and Iga) will be embraced with open arms.
 
Lauren_Girl' said:
Other thing I don't want to see is Djokovic (or Alcaraz or others) winning Slams in 2025 while Sinner is suspended. They will be accused of vulturing and taking advantage. I don't think the players want that either.
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That’s crazy talk. 99.999% percent of players with the potential to win a major would LOVE to see Sinner out of the draw. They dont care about nonsense like accusations of vulturing, they’re interested in the 2000 ranking points, winner’s cheque and a big fat replica trophy in the cabinet.
 
Subway Tennis said:
That’s crazy talk. 99.999% percent of players with the potential to win a major would LOVE to see Sinner out of the draw. They dont care about nonsense like accusations of vulturing, they’re interested in the 2000 ranking points, winner’s cheque and a big fat replica trophy in the cabinet.
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To quote one of the greatest:


Shame that it takes that long, will drain a lot of energy from the Nr.1...
 
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