Jannik Sinner, the number-one ranked men's tennis player in the world, accepts a three-month suspension for two positive doping tests after striking a deal with WADA.
WADA had sought to ban Sinner for a year after taking the case to the Court of Arbitration for SportSinner's ban will run from February 9 to May 4, allowing him to play the French Open later in MayNumber one male tennis player in the world Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency over his two positive doping tests.
Sinner's explanation — that trace amounts of Clostebol in his doping sample was due to a massage from a trainer who used the substance after cutting his own finger — had been accepted. "This case had been hanging over me now for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision maybe only at the end of the year," Sinner said in a statement.
"On that basis I have accepted WADA's offer to resolve these proceedings on the basis of a three-month sanction," he said.
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