Iga Swiatek said on Friday she considered revealing her positive doping test to the public as she awaited the outcome of her case but eventually decided against it as she thought it would be easier to explain the situation after authorities dealt with it.

Grand Slam season kicks off at the Australian Open, tennis remains gripped by lingering questions over doping, with Jannik Sinner and

German tennis icon Boris Becker has said that the sport's image has been tainted by the positive doping tests of top players Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner. "Is it bad for tennis? Yes," said Becker in a Eurosport media round table talk ahead of Sunday's Australian Open start.

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 is still not resolved — and Iga Swiatek.

Former world number one Daniil Medvedev hopes to once again become a tennis "disruptor" by breaking the Grand Slam duopoly of young guns Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. Medvedev was knocked out of three Grand Slams last year by the duo,