🔗 Share this article Djokovic Issues Warning to Jannik Sinner: Doping Ban Will Follow Him Like a "Cloud" Novak Djokovic has cautioned Jannik Sinner that his three-month doping suspension will linger over his career like a "cloud" – and raised doubts about the scheduling of the sanction in the previous season. Details of the Suspension Sinner completed a three-month prohibition in early 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency accepted his explanation that a banned anabolic steroid, clostebol, had been ingested unintentionally. "This shadow will trail him just as the Covid controversy will follow me, for the rest of his, or my career," the champion remarked in a discussion on a popular YouTube program. "It's just something that, it was so significant, and when that happens, over time it will fade, but I don't think it will disappear. There will inevitably exist a certain group of people that will continually reference the incident." The Champion's Viewpoint The Serbian player stated that Sinner, a regular practice partner, "didn't do it on purpose", but he proceeded to question how the player arranged to serve his time without sitting out any major tournaments. "There is the lack of transparency, the inconsistency, the convenience [of] the ban occurring between major events, so he avoids skipping important competitions – it's just it was very, very odd," Djokovic added. Broader Tennis Community Response "I really don't like how the situation was managed and it was evident so many other players, both male and female, who had some similar situations voicing their concerns publicly and complaining that it was a preferable treatment."