🔗 Share this article Djokovic Issues Caution to Jannik Sinner: Suspension Will Hang Over Him Like a "Shadow" The tennis star has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month ban for doping will persist over his career like a "cloud" – while also questioning the timing of the penalty last year. The Ban Explained Sinner completed a three-month suspension in February 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency accepted his explanation that a banned anabolic steroid, clostebol, had entered his system accidentally. "That cloud will follow him just as the cloud of Covid will follow me, for the rest of his, or my career," the champion remarked in a discussion on Piers Morgan: Uncensored. "It's just something that, it was so significant, and after such events, with time it may lessen, but I don't think it will disappear. There will inevitably exist a certain group of people that will always try to bring that forward." The Champion's Viewpoint Djokovic expressed belief that Sinner, a regular practice partner, "didn't do it on purpose", but he then scrutinized how the Italian managed to complete his ban without missing a grand slam. "The absence of openness, the irregularity, the convenient timing of the suspension coming between the slams, so he avoids skipping important competitions – it simply appeared highly unusual," he further commented. Broader Tennis Community Response "I am dissatisfied with how the situation was managed and you could hear so many other players, both male and female, who had comparable circumstances coming out in the media and complaining that it was a preferable treatment."