“I have always believed in good, I have believed in the fairness of this sport, I have believed in kindness,” Halep wrote on Instagram. “The injustice that was done to me was painful, is painful and maybe will always be painful. How is it possible that in identical cases that happened at about the same time (of the season), ITIA has completely different approaches, to my detriment?”
Swiatek’s case prompted men’s tennis player Nick Kyrgios, the 2022 Wimbledon runner-up, to post “OUR SPORT IS COOKED” on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov, ranked No. 56, posted a sarcastic-sounding “ 1 month ban eh ” on his page.
Swiatek’s case follows a similar one involving Jannik Sinner, the top-ranked men’s player.
