Marcelo Rios He was a fantastic player on the court, where despite his short stature, he had to manage with many variations in his shots to try to counteract the power of his rivals, which allowed him to jump to the top of the ranking. Beyond his sporting milestones, off the courts he was never a politically correct person and was always in the eye of the storm due to the number of conflicts in which he was involved, including against the ATP.
El Chino on several occasions had discussions with protagonists both from the racket world, journalists and even with neighbors, to such an extent that he had to resort to Justice to resolve the conflicts. As if that were not enough, Marcelo Rios He pointed against the ATP, since he considers that on many occasions the tennis regulatory body hid the positive doping of Andre Agassi.
In an interview from just over two years ago, the former world number one publicly complained that the American tennis player was benefited by the association by not being penalized after testing positive for the use of illegal substances. “They caught him four times and the ATP covered him up because he was Agassi and tennis was going to ***. I find the ATP to be the biggest *** that exists. All gringos”sentenced the native of Vitacura.
Beyond the confirmation of drug use, Andre Agassi continued to play professionally without any sanction until his retirement in 2006, when he decided to hang up his racket. An anecdote that will remain in the memory of all tennis lovers as one of the most controversial moments in the sport, since the ATP did nothing about it.
Agassi’s confession
As well as Marcelo Rios publicly complained about the benefit of the mother house of tennis with the American, it only remained to know the other part of the story that was not given until Andre Agassi confirmed it in his biography entitled ‘Open: Memories’. In the book, the historic American athlete announced that his assistant, Slim, was in charge of cutting crystal methamphetamine (she was sentenced to five years in jail).
“Slim cut some drug on the table and snorted it, then cut more and I snorted it,” he began. Therefore, to try to avoid a harsh sanction by the ATP, he searched for it to find an excuse and not be suspended. “He sometimes mixes the drug with soft drinks. And I had mistakenly drank one of the soft drinks mixed by him, ”she communicated.
