The setback that made Jannik Sinner consider walking away from tennis

1 May 2025 • 12:52 AM MYT
The Independent
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  • World No. 1 tennis player Jannik Sinner has revealed he contemplated quitting the sport before accepting a three-month doping ban.
  • Sinner served the ban after winning the Australian Open, despite maintaining his innocence and claiming the banned substance clostebol, an anabolic steroid, entered his system through a massage.
  • He reached a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after they sought a two-year ban and appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
  • Sinner said he knew he did nothing wrong, but accepted the ban to avoid a potentially worse outcome.
  • He will return to professional tennis at the Italian Open.

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