🔗 Share this article Novak Djokovic Issues Caution to Jannik Sinner: Suspension Will Follow Him Like a "Shadow" The tennis star has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month doping suspension will persist over his career as a constant shadow – and raised doubts about the timing of the sanction in the previous season. The Ban Explained The Italian player served a three-month suspension in early 2025 after the World Anti-Doping Agency approved his account that a banned anabolic steroid, the 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 a popular YouTube program. "It's just something that, it was so significant, and when that happens, with time it may lessen, but I don't think it will disappear. There will inevitably exist a specific segment of individuals that will always try to bring that forward." Djokovic's Perspective The Serbian player stated that Sinner, his frequent training companion, "didn't do it on purpose", but he then scrutinized how the player arranged to complete his ban without sitting out any major tournaments. "There is the lack of transparency, the irregularity, 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," Djokovic added. Wider Player Reactions "I am dissatisfied with how the case was being handled and you could hear numerous fellow athletes, both male and female, who had some similar situations coming out in the media and complaining that it was a preferable treatment."