{"id":275238,"date":"2025-04-30T08:43:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/the-whole-system-is-cooked\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:41","slug":"the-whole-system-is-cooked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/the-whole-system-is-cooked\/","title":{"rendered":"The whole system is cooked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4897949\" data-slug-id=\"2498093\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios gave his thoughts on fellow Aussie Max Purcell receiving an 18-month doping suspension from ITIA on Wednesday (April 30). Kyrgios took umbrage at the entire tennis <em>&#8220;system,&#8221; <\/em>inferring through his remark that the ambiguity in the anti-doping guidelines was laughable.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios has been a staunch critic of doping in tennis since Jannik Sinner&#8217;s failed tests for the banned substance Clostebol were made public by ITIA last year. The 29-year-old subsequently didn&#8217;t miss a beat in criticizing the Italian on his social media handle after the anti-doping agency cleared him of any wrongdoing. During this time, he also directed his ire towards Iga Swiatek, who had tested positive for Trimetazidine last September and accepted a nearly one-month-long provisional ban.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Tuesday, April 29, the news of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/tennis\/news-what-happened-max-purcell-everything-need-know-ex-us-open-champ-s-18-month-doping-suspension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Max Purcell<\/a> receiving a doping ban of 18 months for taking multiple IV infusions of vitamins, exceeding the permissible 100ml in December 2023, hit the tennis universe. According to ITIA&#8217;s statement, while Purcell hadn&#8217;t taken a <em>&#8220;Prohibited Substance&#8221;<\/em> (as was the case for Sinner and Swiatek), he had employed a <em>&#8220;Use of a Prohibited Method.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This discrepancy from the anti-doping agency seemingly upset <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/player\/nick-kyrgios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a>, going by his latest post on X on Wednesday, April 30. The former World No. 13 called the decision to ban the 2024 US Open doubles champion <em>&#8220;ridiculous&#8221;<\/em> while also taking potshots at ITIA.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So honest feelings about how ridiculous Purcell\u2019s ban is? Vitamins? Can we justify this? Or can we just admit now that the whole system is cooked,&#8221; Nick Kyrgios wrote on X on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kyrgios had also expressed his views on Max Purcell&#8217;s ban on his Instagram stories on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Nick Kyrgios expresses dismay at Max Purcell being handed an 18-month doping ban: &#8220;Sad sad sad stuff&#8221;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"Nick Kyrgios is unhappy with the anti-doping system in tennis | Image Source: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-img=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg 1920w\" alt=\"Nick Kyrgios is unhappy with the anti-doping system in tennis | Image Source: Getty\" data-img-low=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/5a83b-17460007696506-1920.jpg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%201920%201280%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>Nick Kyrgios is unhappy with the anti-doping system in tennis | Image Source: Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nick Kyrgios reposted a report from <em>Fox Sports<\/em> on his Instagram handle when the decision against Purcell came out on Tuesday. Going by the caption of his story, the Aussie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/tennis\/news-emotional-nick-kyrgios-drops-4-word-reaction-max-purcell-accepting-shocking-18-month-doping-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">rued the sad state of affairs in pro tennis at the moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sad sad sad stuff,&#8221; Kyrgios wrote on his Instagram story on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kyrgios, meanwhile, made his much-awaited comeback to the ATP Tour earlier this year, after having been out of action for two years due to knee and wrist surgeries. 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