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Madison Williams

Jannik Sinner Will Not Be Banned Despite Testing Positive Twice for Steroid

Jannik Sinner chases a shot in the second set of the men’s championship match of the Cincinnati Open at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Jannik Sinner defeated Frances Tiafoe, 7-6, 6-2, in the championship match. | Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

One day after World No. 1 Jannik Sinner won the Cincinnati Open, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced that the Italian will not be banned after testing positive twice for an anabolic steroid back in March at Indian Wells.

At the tournament in March, Sinner tested positive for low levels of a metabolite of clostebol, but it was determined by the agency that the banned drug entered his system through a massage from his physiotherapist. The ITIA stated that they "determined a finding of No Fault or Negligence applied in the case, resulting in no period of ineligibility."

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