Top tennis player Carlos Alcaraz given vial of drugs in middle of match at US Open, press members don't ask him about it

Actually, he's a white Hispanic. Forget my previous 2 posts

Are you re tar ded? Honest question.

There were pills in the vial. Pills are drugs. Are you stupid or just playing a part?

White Spanish people do consider themselves white. When Latin America was under Spanish rule, Spaniards used white to refer to themselves as the conquerers, black to refer to slaves, and brown those who were colonized.

"I was born and raised in Barcelona, in northeast Spain, and although I had never given much thought to this matter, I always thought I was white."

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Agreed. Ibuprofen is a drug. Tylenol is a drug. He took a drug but not and illegal/ banned drug.

He also doesn’t like black people but it’s okay he has a black friend

Rojo, I think you posted this just for clicks. Was it you or your brother who worked in professional tennis? If you, I would hope you'd know better, assuming you watched lots of matches during that time. Regardless, you know that every sport has things they do in a unique way that other sports do in a different way. For example, in the WC marathon people could ask what was attached to the Ugandan's (I think it was a Ugandan) bottle at one of the later bottle stops. That was strange, too. Anyway, in tennis, this is one of the things. Almost always when I see a player take pain pills they are provided by a tournament trainer. I don't know why it's that way because it would be easy to carry pills in their two hugs bags. But it's that way.

Often when a player needs something else, the team in the stands can send it down. I've seen drink mixes and shoes before. Electrolyte pills would make sense to me in this situation - because I haven't seen pain pills sent in before. Anyway, it happens often enough that it's usual and there's no reason for reporters to ask about it.

As to the Tweet you included, that person should know that Novak has things sent in more often than any other player. And yet there are no drug accusations flying about regarding him.

Anyway, nothing to see here.

All this thread has proven so far is how many pathetic people respond just to get their hate freak on.

What's the point of proving you're a hate freak?

Spanish people insulted at being called Hispanic on US forms is simply an example of mild inherent racism: "Hispanics" are seen as immigrants performing menial jobs in Spain.

As for the special treatment of tennis players, just look back at the Dr Fuentes case (Cacho et al.) where vials were found marked "Tennis Player" and the Judge ordered them to be destroyed.

tennis doesn't need the namby pamby whiners of letsrun ruining their sport too

A pill isn’t necessarily a drug, idiot. Electrolyte pills are not drugs

There's just too many unanswered questions, a massive cloud is hanging over the win.

Salt tablets are drugs? (Not saying that's what they are just pointing out that not all pills are drugs.) Vitamins come in pill form. Vitamins are not drugs.

Seriously? Do you really see yourself that way? Where were you on the Aden thing? Where was your hard hitting interview with Mo farah in the midst of countless controversies? How about something as simple as a twice convicted drug cheat doing commentary at an usatf sponsored meet? Or how about a sanctioned doper bring the relay coach at an international meet? Any interviews with new gen after that recent debacle?

Uhhhhhh, go back and read your posts over the last 5 years. Ask yourself your own question.

This win will always have an asterisk.Did he or didn't he cheat in plain sight? The most likely reason there aren't any questions being asked is due to the average westerner being doped up all the time (Cannabis , Blood pressure meds , coke, anti depressants, anxiety meds etc)

It could be salt tablets or something like that, but tennis has a big doping problem that the sport doesn't put any effort into stamping out.

When they enforce anti-doping rules it amazes me, but Simona Halep was given a ban for steroids and Sharapova was given a ban for the drug that is widely available in Russia.

You go back and read them. I'm not the hater, I get mobbed by haters.

Vast majority of registered users have it the same way. Try it and see. If you dare.

Has any big tennis name ever been issued a long ban? I don't recall one.