{"id":290664,"date":"2023-09-14T20:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=290664"},"modified":"2023-09-14T20:33:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:33:55","slug":"nick-kyrgios-urges-tennis-players-to-just-stop-taking-shady-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/tennis\/nick-kyrgios-urges-tennis-players-to-just-stop-taking-shady-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios urges tennis players &apos;to just stop taking shady s***&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nick Kyrgios urges tennis players to &#8216;just stop taking shady s***&#8217; as the Australian weighs in on the sport&#8217;s doping discussions following Simona Halep&#8217;s ban<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nick Kyrgios has weighed in on the debates surrounding doping in tennis\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>It cames\u00a0 after Simona Halep was banned for using a forbidden substance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>The Australian tennis player urged his colleagues to &#8216;stop taking shady s***&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios has weighed in on recent debates surrounding doping in tennis and has urged players &#8216;to stop taking shady s****&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>His outburst comes after Simona Halep was given a four-year ban, the most significant seen since Maria Sharapova was banned in 2016, after she was found to have the forbidden substance roxadustat in her system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the drug, which is used to treat anaemia, the International Tennis Integrity Agency found irregularities in her blood passport system.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old, who was crowned Wimbledon Champion in 2019, has subsequently received a ban that will inhibit her from competing again until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released online, Halep said: &#8216;I believe in a clean sport and in almost two decades as a professional tennis player, through hundreds of tournaments and two Grand Slam titles, I have taken 200 blood and urine tests to check for prohibited substances &#8211; all of which have been clean, until August 29, 2022.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75438435-12519261-image-a-18_1694712104310.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios (pictured) has weighed in on the debates surrounding doping in tennis\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75441737-12519261-image-a-20_1694712181655.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It comes after two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was banned for four years after doping authorities found a forbidden substance in her system<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75343091-12519261-Halep_released_a_statement_insisting_she_had_been_accidentally_e-a-21_1694712186641.jpg\" height=\"493\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Halep released a statement insisting she had been &#8216;accidentally&#8217; exposed to roxadustat<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;I am continuing to train and do everything in my power to clear my name of these false allegations and return to the court.&#8217;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two-time Grand Slam winner also said she will be appealing the decision by taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport\u00a0and emphasised her own &#8216;shock&#8217; and &#8216;disappointment&#8217; upon learning of the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several other members from within the tennis community have had their say on the news with Serena Williams and Eugenie Bouchard\u00a0both taking to Twitter express their views.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news has also sparked a wider discussion among the tennis community of doping within the sport, with current world No 9, Maria Sakkari being asked if she trusted the anti-doping authorities, with her comments drawing the criticism of Australian, Kyrgios.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Greek tennis player said to the\u00a0San Diego Open Press via The Tennis Letter on Twitter: &#8216;One thing I can tell you for sure is the way they&#8217;re handling every situation with any player, any athlete, it&#8217;s just scary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re [going to] get to a point where we&#8217;re not even gonna be taking electrolytes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thankfully, I haven&#8217;t been in that position. I never want to be. I&#8217;ve been very careful with everything that has to do with supplements. But I don&#8217;t know what the process is, how things are done behind closed doors. I don&#8217;t know who has a say. I have no idea. I would for sure improve the Whereabouts app, that&#8217;s the anti-doping app. It doesn&#8217;t work well. It&#8217;s supposed to remind you every day of your time slot and it doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They tried to improve it, but it&#8217;s not working very well. For us, we travel so much compared to other athletes. It&#8217;s just very stressful. I wake up almost every night to use the bathroom. If that&#8217;s close to my time slot, I&#8217;m just thinking &#8216;Do I go? Do I not go? Do I just wait if they come?&#8217; It&#8217;s just very stressful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Those statements brought the comment from Kyrgios, who added his take on the situation, disagreeing with Sakkari on Twitter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75341659-12519261-Halep_has_been_found_to_have_committed_two_doping_violations_aft-a-25_1694712466971.jpg\" height=\"572\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Halep has been found to have committed two doping violations after an investigation<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75438649-12519261-image-a-23_1694712196836.jpg\" height=\"1241\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Many in the tennis world have given their opinion on their matter with World No 9 Maria Sakkari telling the San Diego Open Press that the &#8216;way doping authorities are handling every situation with any player, any athlete, it&#8217;s just scary.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75438647-12519261-image-a-22_1694712194747.jpg\" height=\"301\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>But Kyrgios hit back at Sakkari&#8217;s comments on Twitter, claiming that &#8216;players should just stop taking shady s***&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/14\/18\/75389043-12519261-image-a-24_1694712203588.jpg\" height=\"301\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams also posted a dig at rival Halep online after the Romanian prevented her from winning her eighth Wimbledon championship<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios wrote: &#8216;Ehhhh not really lol, I run on bananas and coke cola in 5 set battles. And my record in them speaks for itself. Maybe players should just stop taking shady s***&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Look yourself in the mirror at the end of the day and say yep I did it right. Not hard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He was also called out by Twitter users after one wrote: &#8216;What is your record, have you won a slam, No, Have you won a 1000 no, have you participated in the ATP Finals, have you had an Olympic medal No. What record are you talking about?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios responded: &#8216;I\u2019d imagine if I was taking similar things to be banned for 4 years I\u2019d have about 5 slams. Potato.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Halep has not played since she was beaten in the first round of the 2022 US Open by Daria Snigur.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/tennis\/article-12519261\/Nick-Kyrgios-urges-tennis-players-just-stop-taking-shady-s-Australian-weighs-sports-doping-discussions-following-Simona-Haleps-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Kyrgios urges tennis players to &#8216;just stop taking shady s***&#8217; as the Australian weighs in on the sport&#8217;s doping discussions following Simona Halep&#8217;s ban Nick Kyrgios has weighed in on the debates surrounding doping in tennis\u00a0 It cames\u00a0 after Simona Halep was banned for using a forbidden substance\u00a0 The Australian tennis player urged his&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nick Kyrgios urges tennis players &amp;apos;to just stop taking shady s***&amp;apos; 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