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Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev in 3 sets for his second Australian Open title in a row
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — There's all sorts of ways beyond merely the score to measure just how dominant Jannik Sinner was while outplaying and frustrating Alexander Zverev during the 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory Sunday that earned the 23-year-old Italian a second consecutive Australian Open...
Irritated with WADA, Congress looks to give government authority to withhold payments
A bipartisan group of lawmakers looking for reforms at the World Anti-Doping Agency reintroduced a bill that would give the White House permanent authority to withhold money from the drug-fighting agency. The “Restoring Confidence in the World Anti-Doping Agency Act” would make...
Jannik Sinner gets past Holger Rune at the Australian Open in a match with net and medical delays
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — First came the medical timeouts, one each for Jannik Sinner and Holger Rune with the temperature above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) at the Australian Open. Then came the bizarre sight of a 20-minute delay because the net at Rod Laver Arena...
Iga Swiatek's drug-case ruling will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek's one-month suspension for failing a drug test will not be appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency because her explanation “is plausible,” WADA announced on Monday. WADA released its decision just minutes after Swiatek, a five-time Grand...
Defending champ Jannik Sinner gets back to the fourth round at the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Jannik Sinner beat 46th-ranked Marcos Giron of the U.S. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Australian Open on Saturday night, reaching the fourth round at Melbourne Park for the fourth time. Sinner stretched his unbeaten run to 17 matches, dating to...
Australian Open 2025: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have a real rivalry atop men's tennis
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Carlos Alcaraz is on court for a training session, perhaps working on his newly revamped service motion, he's doing so to buttress a game already good enough to claim four Grand Slam titles. He's also got his young rival, Jannik Sinner, in mind. ...
Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it scheduled a...
Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner discuss their doping cases ahead of the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Iga Swiatek, a self-described “control freak,” is taking new precautions — including holding on to extra samples of medicine she takes, in case they need to be tested at some point — after a doping case she described Friday as “probably, like, the worst time...
Doping clouds tennis talk at the Australian Open with Sinner and Swiatek facing scrutiny
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is still a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season opens at the Australian Open on Sunday (Saturday EST): doping and the cases involving Jannik Sinner — which is still not resolved — and Iga Swiatek. ...
Squabble grows as US government holds back 2024 funding from world anti-doping watchdog WADA
The U.S. government did not pay the more than $3.6 million due to the World Anti-Doping Agency in 2024, making good on a long-running threat anchored in unhappiness with the global watchdog's handling of cases involving Chinese swimmers and others. Those funds, normally distributed...
