Toni Nadal Is Surprised By Players’ Reaction to Sunner Ban

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday February 27, 2025

Toni Nadal has spoken in favor of Jannik Sinner, and called out players who have railed against the World No.1.

Speaking at a function to announce the participation of Casper Ruud, Nick Kyrgios and Gael Monfils at the Mallorca Open this summer, the uncle and former coach of Rafael Nadal gave his thoughts on the subject of Sinner’s three-month ban.

“I’m surprised that different players have taken a stance against him, including some at the highest level—and even some who [are] not so clean themselves,” he said, according to Marca.

Nadal went on to say that he believes Sinner has done nothing wrong, and got a more severe sentence than he deserved.

“I personally know Sinner, and he had no intention of wrongdoing,” Nadal said. “You can’t treat someone like that over a mistake that happened by chance. You can’t have this urge to police and punish everything.

“Sanctions should be given to those who intentionally do things wrong for personal gain. And I know that’s not the case with Sinner. I know he didn’t gain anything from what they found. So why do you want to punish him?”