Rios attacks ATP: "Agassi was caught doping four times"

Ex-world number 1 Marcelo Rios attacks ATP in an interview with the Chilean newspaper «La Tercera». At the center of his criticism: the topic of doping.

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«You caught Andre Agassi four times. The ATP covered it up because he was Agassi and tennis would have been shit. I think the ATP is the biggest bullshit there is. These are gringos that want to be everywhere, ”Rios says.

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In the interview, Rios shoots at everyone and everyone. Just like in his career. The Chilean is still famous not only for its tennis, but also for its bad moods and clear words. And he is still the only world number 1 that has never won a Grand Slam tournament.

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Rios feels cheated for major victory because of doping

Rios was in the final only once. 1998 at the Australian Open against Petr Korda. According to Rios, the Czech was also doped at the time. «At that time, Korda had an advantage. He won seven games in a row and practically flew to the final. A month later I played against him and beat him, »Rios says. In Melbourne, the Chilean had sunk in three sentences.

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«His file now says he is a Grand Slam winner. Although he was later shown to have doped, he retained his title, »Rios said of Korda’s abuse of nandrolone. “It is not like in athletics that the runner-up would benefit in such a case.”

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Even in the case of tennis legend Agassi it later emerged that he was not clean. In his “Open” biography, the American admitted that he regularly used crystal meth and lied to ATP.

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“Was only checked about three times”

So now Rios claims that Agassi was spared more than once. In general, the 44-year-old sees major problems with the doping control system in tennis. “I’ve been checked about three times in my career,” he says.

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Rios also agitates against homosexuals in the interview. «You come into a house and see two fathers, how do I explain that to my four-year-old son? I have a son who is a man and I try to raise him as a man. The way I am, »says Rios. «But if he should come out as a homosexual, what should I do, then I have to accept him as he is. But I hope that’s not the case. »

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Rios attacks ATP: “Agassi was caught doping four times”

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