Rome, Feb. 15 -- World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month ban from tennis after reaching a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency over his two positive drugs test last year.
The 23-year-old Italian, who last month won the Australian Open, is suspended from February 9 until May 4, the BBC reported.
He will be eligible to play in the year's next Grand Slam event, the French Open, which starts on May 19.
Wada had launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) over the 2024 decision by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) not to suspend Sinner.
Wada wanted a ban of up to two years but on Saturday said it accepts his explanation that he was inadvertently contaminated with the bann...