By Victor Kanayo
World number one Jannik Sinner is now serving an immediate three-month ban from tennis.
The ban took effect after he reached a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over his two positive drug tests in 2024.
The 23-year-old Italian, who won the Australian Open last month, is suspended from February 9 until May 4, 2025.J
With this timeline, Sinner will be eligible to compete at the French Open—the next Grand Slam of the year—which begins on 19 May 2025.
Sinner had previously been cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent panel after testing positive for the banned substance clostebol in March 2024.
WADA had been seeking a ban of up to two years, having launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over the 2024 decision by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) not to suspend Sinner.
