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Live sport on SN this weekend"Not steroids": Fury as world No 1 caught wearing banned tech
Emily Benammar • January 26th, 2026 10:50 am
It is Australia Day at the Australian Open and fans have plenty to celebrate with Alex de Minaur demolishing Bulik to secure a quarter0finals berth on Sunday night.
The Aussie was in exceptional form to ease through to the last eight in straight sets. Meanwhile, Maddison Inglis was handed a quarter-final clash with Iga Swiatek after Naomis Osaka's bizarre decision to with draw (more on this later).
Sit back, relax and we will bring you all the news.
8:45am: Alcaraz caught out by umpire
Bizarre scenes during Alcaraz's clash with tommy Paul on Sunday with chair umpire Marija Cicak noticed something under the Spaniard's wrist band.
A short conversation between the two turned out to be a directive from the officla for the world No 1 to remove his fitness tracking Whoop band.
The technology, which stores data from physical activity - is banned at the Open
“You’re not allowed to play with a Whoop watch here or anything that monitors your vitals or anything else,” veteran tennis commentator Mark Petchey said about the interaction.
Later, the founder of the Whoop watch hit out at the decision.
"Whoop is approved by the International Tennis Federation for in-match wear and poses no safety risk," Will Ahmed posted on X, sharing a video from the incident at the Australian Open.
"Let the athletes measure their bodies. Data is not steroids."
The Whoop bands are approved by the ITF and the ATP, it is, according to reports, the Australian's Open policy that was breached.
Alcaraz will play De Minaur in the quarter-finals on Tuesday.
