Carlos Alcaraz reacts to Jannik Sinner’s doping settlement, eyes No. 1 spot

But then fast forward to February, he has reached an agreement with WADA over his doping controversy, and has only received a three-month ban, which means he will be back before the French Open, thereby not missing any Grand Slams.

Speaking to Clay, Alexander Zverev, who lost to Sinner in Melbourne this year, was asked about WADA and Zverev’s controversial agreement. He said, “It’s a weird situation because it’s been obviously a very long process where first he is cleared, then obviously WADA wanted to have a second look at it and stuff like that. To me, I think, you know, there’s two option.”

“Either you’re at no fault and you should get no suspension at all. Because if you have no fault, then you have no fault. You shouldn’t get punished. But if you do have fault, then I think for taking steroids, three months is not a suspension. So for me, it’s either you have to decide was it his fault or was it not his fault. If it’s not his fault then he shouldn’t get a three-month suspension but if it is his fault then this is weird in a way. The whole process, the whole situation that has been there for the past year almost it’s been just strange,” he added.