🔗 Share this article Novak Djokovic Delivers Caution to Jannik Sinner: Suspension Will Follow Him Like a "Cloud" The tennis star has warned Jannik Sinner that his three-month doping suspension will persist over his career like a "cloud" – while also questioning the timing of the sanction last year. Details of the Suspension The Italian player served a three-month prohibition in February 2025 after the global anti-doping body approved his account that a prohibited performance-enhancing substance, the steroid clostebol, had entered his system accidentally. "That cloud will follow him just as the Covid controversy will follow me, for the rest of his, or my career," Djokovic stated in an interview on a popular YouTube program. "It is a situation where, it was so significant, and after such events, over time it will fade, but I don't think it will disappear. There's always going to be a certain group of people that will always try to bring that forward." Djokovic's Perspective Djokovic expressed belief that Sinner, his frequent training companion, "had no intentional involvement", but he then scrutinized how the player arranged to serve his time without missing a grand slam. "The absence of openness, the irregularity, the convenience [of] the ban coming between the slams, so he avoids skipping important competitions – it simply appeared highly unusual," he further commented. Broader Tennis Community Response "I am dissatisfied with how the case was being handled and you could hear numerous fellow athletes, both male and female, who had comparable circumstances voicing their concerns publicly and asserting it represented favorable handling."