After a year of silence, he discovered how the contamination occurred

After a year of silence, the « main culprit » also appeared in the doping affair of the tennis number 1 Janika Sinnerhis former athletic coach Umberto Ferrara. Now the 55-year-old coach has revealed how Sinner became a « random dopingian », and he is accused no. 1.

“In the US, I brought a spray that is then with the help of a physiotherapist Giacoma naldi infected Sinner during the Indian Wells tournament last year. Naldi treated the player without protective gloves, « Ferrara said at the beginning, continuing a very interesting path of ointment, which he used for years after a specialist doctor as a supportive medicine in chronic illness.

“In the US, I brought it for my pathology and that I would have it abroad. I didn’t give Naldi anything, but I suggested that he used it because he had a cut on his finger and did not heal and made it difficult for him to work. I told him very clearly what the medicine was and warned that he did not come in contact with Jannik. In fact, I only allowed it to be used in a personal bathroom. He did not deny this, but said he did not remember either. When I heard about revealing a positive test, I was amazed. I never thought for a moment that he had treated Sinner without gloves because I warned him about this option. Later, in a few hours, I made a reconstruction that led to Jannik’s contamination. I also submitted documentation on the purchase of a spray at the Bologna Pharmacy, « said Ferrara. He did not doubt the credibility of his explanation, nor the anti -doping agency Wada.

Ferrara praised Sinner’s maturity in a very difficult period. « He has a special work ethics and dedication, which makes him constantly raising his slats, » he said of his former guardian, who is in a three -month suspension.