Jannik Sinner accepts three-month ban on doping charge

By Phil Casey, PA
AAP
Dual Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban for a doping breach. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Dual Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban for a doping breach. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

World No.1 Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month ban from tennis for a doping infringement.

Sinner has reached a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency over two positive drugs test last year.

The 23-year-old Italian, who last month won his second Australian Open, is suspended from February 9 until May 4.

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He will be eligible to play in the year’s next grand slam, the French Open, which starts on May 19 at Roland Garros.

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