Djokovic says Sinner's doping ban will hang over him like a 'cloud'

Jannik Sinner is congratulated by Novak Djokovic. Pic: AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake

Novak Djokovic has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month doping ban will hang over him like a "cloud" - and questioned both the timing and length of the sanction on the world number one last year.

Sinner served a three-month ban in February 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accepted his explanation that a banned anabolic steroid, clostebol, entered his system accidentally.