Pegula lodges complaint with the ITIA following the sanction on Vondrousova: "I just don't understand the difference between her case and what happened with Sinner and Swiatek"

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After her great debut at Wimbledon 2026, Jessica Pegula attended a press conference. And not only to talk about her victory but also to give her opinion on one of the current topics in the tennis world: the four-year suspension imposed by the ITIA, the tennis anti-doping agency, on Marketa Vondrousova for refusing to undergo a doping test at the end of 2025. The American, like most of her colleagues, has criticized the ITIA for a sanction they consider strict, while also recalling two doping cases that sparked controversy.

Jessica Pegula gives her opinion on ITIA's sanction to Marketa Vondrousova

"I don't quite understand the difference between that and what happened with Sinner and Swiatek. They justified what the rules were and why they were like that. It just doesn't seem logical to me. I don’t think it makes sense to someone who looks at it with common sense. I understand there should be some kind of punishment because I know she refused to take the test, and that's not right either. I just think something could be done to not ruin someone's career in that way," lamented the world number four. It is worth noting that Jannik Sinner was suspended for three months after reaching an agreement with the ITIA following his double clostebol positive in Indian Wells 2024. While Iga Swiatek was sanctioned for a month after testing positive for trimetazidine. 

Pegula insisted that the sanction on Vondrousova, winner of Wimbledon 2023, is excessive: "I think, in a case like this, ruining someone's career for four years could have simply been a misunderstanding, and I don't think it's fair. I believe the sentence is too harsh. I understand there should be some form of punishment because she refused to take the test, and that's not right either. But I think something could be done to not ruin someone's career in this way," Jessica Pegula concluded.

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Pegula carga ante la ITIA tras la sanción a Vondrousova: "No acabo de entender la diferencia entre su caso y lo que pasó con Sinner y Swiatek"