🔗 Share this article Novak Djokovic Issues Warning to Jannik Sinner: Suspension Will Follow Him Like a "Cloud" The tennis star has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month ban for doping will linger over his career as a constant shadow – while also questioning the timing of the sanction last year. Details of the Suspension Sinner completed a three-month suspension in February 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency accepted his explanation that a prohibited performance-enhancing substance, the steroid clostebol, had been ingested unintentionally. "That cloud will follow him just as the cloud of Covid will follow me, for the remainder of our respective careers," the champion remarked in a discussion on a popular YouTube program. "It's just something that, it was so major, and after such events, over time it will fade, but I believe it won't fully vanish. There's always going to be a specific segment of individuals that will always try to bring that forward." Djokovic's Perspective The Serbian player stated that Sinner, a regular practice partner, "didn't do it on purpose", but he then scrutinized how the Italian managed to serve his time without sitting out any major tournaments. "The absence of openness, the inconsistency, the convenient timing of the suspension occurring between major events, so he doesn't miss out the others – it's just it was very, very odd," he further commented. Wider Player Reactions "I really don't like how the case was being handled and you could hear numerous fellow athletes, across both tours, who had some similar situations voicing their concerns publicly and asserting it represented favorable handling."