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A provisional suspension did come into effect but Sinner’s lawyers scrambled to get it lifted so it didn’t interfere with his competition schedule. “What happens from there is you go to Sports Resolution because they give a suspension straight away so to get that suspension lifted, Jannik’s team had to go to Sports Resolution and have an emergency meeting,” Cahill said.

“The story was told exactly how it happened, that Jannik played no part in it, that he’s incredibly professional, that he supports the anti-doping, that he does everything around his team to make sure that something like this should not happen. And they accepted how it happened, saw that it was no fault from him so they allowed him to continue to play. And then the ITIA would do their due diligence and make sure that it was all credible.”

News of the positive tests was not made public until Tuesday. It comes after an independent tribunal was held last Thursday. And Cahill added: “There was a lot riding on the fact that if this thing got out without context, that was not great either and so everyone certainly made sure that only the people knew that had to know about this particular incident.”