In this long period, Jannik has grown a lot as a person and has understood who his true friends are. Many players have harshly attacked him and claimed that he was treated differently from others, while other tennis players such as Matteo Berrettini and Casper Ruud have always defended him.

The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award has been withdrawn because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.

Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis to settle a case which has lingered over the sport for months after he twice tested positive for a banned substance, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Saturday.

The Italian won't be recognized for his accomplishments at the world's most prestigious sports award ceremony.

The men's world No. 1 will miss several tournaments, but no Grand Slams. Here's what to know about the doping proceedings against him.

The timing means the 23-year-old Italian won't miss any Grand Slam tournaments. The French Open, the season's next major, starts May 25.

The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award on Thursday, citing his three-month doping ban. Sinner, who accepted the ban earlier this month,

Tennis faces a new crisis of perception despite following its own rules on integrity. The two-tiered resentment is not going to fade away.

Following Jannik Sinner's three-month ban, his nomination for the Sportsman of the Year Award at the Laureus World Sports Awards has been withdrawn.

PARIS: Jannik Sinner had his nomination for the prestigious Laureus sportsman of the year award withdrawn on Thursday after he was banned for three months following two failed drugs tests, an official said.