Comments on: Yanina Wickmayer Voluntarily Withdraws from Bali Championships

By: Andrew Broad

Andrew Broad — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:57:40 +0000

Either that or gross incompetence.

By: Marine

Marine — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:47 +0000

Andrew, are you trying to say someone tried to get rid of martina?

By: Andrew Broad

Andrew Broad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:34:14 +0000

If they hadn’t turned a blind eye to Hingis at some point, they would have realised that her urine-sample was switched.

By: KC

KC — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:43:58 +0000

Marine, Yanina didn’t test postive on a doping test, she didn’t even miss a test! And are you from Flanders or Belgium? If not, I don’t think you realize how the system works here.

By: Marine

Marine — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:59:14 +0000

Oh come on, she had 3 chances to prove the officials wrong. They have to do their job, they can’t just turn a blind eye on her even though she’s promising talent. They didn’t turn a blind eye on Hingis neither, even though she was a star.

By: Callais

Callais — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:47:22 +0000

Marine, I think you’re being a bit too harsh on Yanina. She hasn’t been that bad on the court. We don’t know why she has not attended the testing sessions. We should wait on her statement about it.

By: Andrew Broad

Andrew Broad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:44:06 +0000

Yanina’s ban is ridiculous. If they’re going to treat tennis-players as criminals, why not fit them with electronic tags? And to ban Yanina in the middle of the Bali season-ending championships was utterly classless and cruel.

By: Marine

Marine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:17:00 +0000

Hmm, she failed to report 3 times, so I don’t think they were out of place here. If it was once, well, fiine – maybe she wasnt well organised and couldnt attend. But 3 times? Also, this girl had disciplinary actions for attackin (physically) a ref on court. So, I think there could be a juice issue…