Jannik Sinner: Tennis star closed for doping violation

The most tennis world list Jannik Sinner is blocked for around three months due to a violation of the anti-doping regulations. The Italian had agreed to an agreement and should not take part in tournaments by May 4, said the Welt-Anti-Doping Agency Wada.

Already on April 13, the 23 -year -old Sinner can start training again. This will be allowed to play again in good time in front of the French Open, which begins in Paris on May 25th. He will also be able to be there at the preparation tournament in Rome.

Sinner had been tested twice for the forbidden anabolic steroid closebol in March 2024. He did not get a lock because, according to the responsible tennis agency ITIA, no intentional fault and no negligence could be demonstrated. The Wada was therefore pulled in front of the International Sports Court of CAS, the negotiation in the cause was scheduled for April 16 and 17. The Wada now withdrew the objection in front of the CAS due to the agreement with Sinner.

Sinner had explained that the substance had reached his body in a massage over the hands of his physiotherapist. The Wada originally obtained an objection to the acquittal and initially called for a lock of one to two years.

Now the anti-doping agency announced that she accepted Sinner’s explanation for the Clostebol proof that the athlete did not want to cheat and that this had no performance-enhancing effect. However, it is also the responsibility of the athlete if his supervisors acted negligently. “Due to the special situation of this case, a three -month lock is considered an appropriate result,” it said.

“I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and I believe that the strict wada rules are important for the sport that I love,” said Sinner, according to the news agency Ansa. “On this basis, I accepted the WADA offer to regulate the present procedure based on a three -month sanction.”

The case had become public last August and also caused outrage. Some experts and ex-professionals criticized that anti-doping offenses had been kept secret for so long and that Sinner got away without preliminary lock. The South Tyrolean won the US Open in autumn and recently successfully defended his title at the Australian Open through a clear final victory over the German Alexander Zverev.