See the angry social media post about drug testing that Nick Kyrgios DELETED just after he put it up
Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios has again taken aim at World No.1 Jannik Sinner over drug testing in tennis before quickly deleting his social media post.
Kyrgios has been among the most vocal critics of Sinner and World No. 2 Iga Swiatek after they returned positive drug tests last year.
Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March, but avoided a ban because the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) determined he was not to blame.
Five-time grand slam winner Swiatek tested positive to a banned substance in an out-of-competition sample last August.
The world number two was given a one-month ban by the ITIA, who accepted the test outcome was caused by a contamination to her sleeping medication.
The sport was then rocked by a third doping saga when Aussie Max Purcell entered a voluntary provisional suspension after admitting to breaching the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme.
Aussie tennis star Nick Kyrgios took another very public dig at Jannik Sinner on Tuesday
Kyrgios posted about being drug tested – before deleting the post just hours later
On Tuesday morning, Kyrgios announced on X that he’d been chosen for a drug test, posting photos of the documentation alongside a sample of his urine.
‘Ahhhh I got randomly drug tested again today,’ Kyrgios wrote.
‘That’s about four times in the last two months. Blood as well. Absolutely pointless as even if you test positive you can play anyway.’
The controversial Aussie decided to delete his post shortly afterwards, but not before his followers had their say on the matter.
‘Nic, looks like you need to hydrate a bit more,’ joked one fan, referring to the state of the star’s sample.
‘Really appreciate you posting a picture of your p**s,’ remarked another sarcastically.
‘Nick, in Italy we say get a life, you’re always thinking about the redhead,’ said a third, referring to Sinner.
Last month, Kyrgios labelled doping scandals as ‘disgusting’ for tennis.
Tennis fans poked fun at Kyrgios after he posted a photo of his urine sample
Jannik Sinner (pictured) tested positive for banned anabolic steroid clostebol twice last March
‘Two world No.1s both getting done for doping is disgusting for our sport. It’s a horrible look,’ Kyrgios said at his Brisbane International press conference.
‘Tennis integrity right now, and everyone knows it, but no one wants to speak about it, it’s awful.’
Kyrgios, 29, has struggled since June 2023 with wrist and knee injuries. He was asked about his motivations for speaking out on the Sinner and Swiatek situations.
‘Someone like me … I would never even in my entire life ever try and dope in this sport,’ he said.
‘Especially going through an injury like I went through, obviously there are things out there that could speed up healing, help me get back to prime level, help my recovery.
‘There’s so many things out there that are prohibited in our sport that I could have been doing to get me back quicker … (but) that’s just not who I am. I’m always against that.
‘So for me when people are saying that I’m disrespectful to the sport, I think someone like that that has tried to cheat the process, and actually not done it completely on their own merit, is the disrespectful one in my opinion.
‘I have to be outspoken about it because I don’t think there’s enough people that are speaking about it. I think people are trying to sweep it under the rug.’
Kyrgios (pictured with girlfriend Costeen Hatzi) says he is not going to ‘shut up’ about the doping issues in tennis
Sinner had successfully argued that his physiotherapist had accidentally contaminated him during treatment with clostebol which had transferred from a cut on his own hand.
Kyrgios raised questions over what happened next.
‘I (pay) my team hundreds and thousands of dollars to be the professionals they are, to make sure that doesn’t happen,’ Kyrgios said.
‘So they knew it happened. Why did they wait five to six months to do anything about it? He kept his team for five months … that doesn’t make sense.
‘I’d be livid. If my physiotherapist contaminated me, put me in this position, I would probably never talk to the guy again. He had the guy on his team for five months, acting like nothing happened.’
Kyrgios has been criticised for his outspoken ways but said he would not change on issues he held dear.
‘For a kid that grew up playing tennis, I enjoyed the competition, I enjoyed playing,’ he said.
‘I can get emotional, I can throw a racquet, but that’s nothing compared to cheating and taking performance-enhancing drugs. That’s ridiculous in my opinion. I’m not going to shut up about it anyway.’
