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’.

Iga Swiatek has admitted she was afraid “most of the people are going to turn their back on me” after her ban for failing a doping test. The five-time Grand Slam champion tested positive for trimetazidine,