Tennis-Djokovic says Sinner's doping controversy will linger


  • Tennis
  • Wednesday, 12 Nov 2025

Tennis - ATP Finals - Turin - Palasport Olimpico, Turin, Italy - November 10, 2025 Italy's Jannik Sinner after winning his group stage match against Canada's Felix Auger Aliassime REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/ File Photo

(Reuters) -Novak Djokovic said the shortness and timing of Jannik Sinner's ban this year for an inadvertent doping violation was "odd" and the case would hang over the four-time Grand Slam champion like a cloud for the rest of his career.

Sinner served a three-month suspension following a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency in February after authorities accepted the anabolic agent clostebol had entered his system inadvertently via massages from his then physiotherapist at Indian Wells in March 2024.

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