Iga Swiatek explained why she used the phrase "personal issues" while serving her doping ban during the Fall of 2024.

Iga Swiatek, a self-described “control freak,” is taking new precautions — including holding on to extra samples of medicine she takes, in case they need to be tested at some point — after a doping case she describes as probably the worst time in her life.

The world No. 2 tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine in August and was provisionally banned the following month. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is still a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season opens at the Australian Open on Sunday (Saturday EST): doping and the cases involving Jannik Sinner — which actually is still not fully resolved — and Iga Swiatek.

Coco Gauff took to Australian Open press on Friday and was quizzed about Iga Swiatek and in particular whether she thinks that her confidence level has dropped since her doping ordeal which saw the former World No.

The topic of doping cases involving tennis players Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek remains a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season opens at the Australian Open.

Coco Gauff firmly believes that Iga Swiatek's confidence has not dropped in the aftermath of her doping case ahead of the Australian Open

Iga Swiatek says that her positive doping test was abstract to her as she did not know that medicine could be contaminated.