Poland's five-times major winner Iga Swiatek feared a far greater public backlash after she accepted a one-month suspension for failing a doping test, the world number two said ahead of the United Cup in Australia.

The Pole, addressing the issue for the first time, not expecting an appeal by Wada, but says ‘I have no influence on what’s going to happen’.

I feared a more negative reaction to doping ban - The former world number one served a one-month ban after a positive test for the angina medication trimetazidine.

Aryna Sabalenka has addressed the recent controversy surrounding Iga Swiatek‘s doping violation, claiming people are often “used to overreacting” in such situations.

Iga Swiatek says she feared a more negative reaction to her doping ban and does not expect an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency after serving a one-month suspension.