🔗 Share this article Djokovic Delivers Caution to Jannik Sinner: Doping Ban Will Hang Over Him Like a "Cloud" The tennis star has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month doping suspension will persist over his career as a constant shadow – while also questioning the scheduling of the sanction in the previous season. Details of the Suspension The Italian player served a three-month suspension in early 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency approved his account that a banned anabolic steroid, clostebol, had been ingested unintentionally. "This shadow will trail him just as the Covid controversy will follow me, for the remainder of our respective careers," the champion remarked in a discussion on a popular YouTube program. "It's just something that, it was so major, and after such events, over time it will fade, but I don't think it will disappear. There will inevitably exist a specific segment of individuals that will continually reference the incident." Djokovic's Perspective Djokovic expressed belief that Sinner, his frequent training companion, "had no intentional involvement", but he then scrutinized how the player arranged to complete his ban without missing a grand slam. "The absence of openness, the irregularity, the convenience [of] the ban occurring between major events, so he avoids skipping important competitions – it simply appeared highly unusual," he further commented. Broader Tennis Community Response "I really don't like how the situation was managed and you could hear numerous fellow athletes, both male and female, who had some similar situations voicing their concerns publicly and asserting it represented favorable handling."