Jannik Sinner has suffered a major blow in his mid-suspension training plans after the Monte-Carlo Country Club confirmed it was subject to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules.<\/p>\n
World No 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner<\/a> is serving a three-month suspension after he and WADA agreed to a settlement in his doping case.<\/p>\n The Italian\u2019s suspension was confirmed on February 15th and backdated to February 9th, meaning he will be able to return to ATP Tour action from May 5th.<\/p>\n However, under the terms of his suspension, the 23-year-old is not allowed to train at recognised venues until mid-April.<\/p>\n The\u00a0 WADA statement read: \u201cUnder the terms of the agreement, Mr. Sinner will serve his period of ineligibility from 9 February 2025 to 11:59 pm on 4 May 2025 (which includes a credit for four days previously served by the athlete while he was under a provisional suspension).<\/p>\n \u201cAs per the Code Article 10.14.2, Mr. Sinner may return to official training activity from 13 April 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner is based in Monte Carlo, and it was initially reported that the world No 1 would be able to train at the state\u2019s famed country club.<\/p>\n The Country Club is a private members club and was thought to not be subject to affiliate rules, connecting it to any official tennis body.<\/p>\n However, in a new statement, the club has confirmed that the venue is affiliated with both the French and Monegasque tennis associations, and Sinner is therefore ineligible to practice there until April 13.<\/p>\n The statement read: \u201cThe Monte-Carlo Country Club is affiliated with both tennis federations: French and Monegasque.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a private club but this does not exempt it from its obligations, namely that of affiliation: Monegasque because it is the tennis club of the Principality, but a club of such size could not have been built on Monegasque territory, and French because it is located on French territory in Roquebrune Cape Martin.\u201d<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner defended by Serena Williams\u2019 ex-coach after attending major fashion event<\/a><\/p>\n Novak Djokovic set for huge rankings boost opportunity as he returns to action<\/a><\/p>\n The venue is best known for playing host to the Monte Carlo Masters, one of the most famed and prestigious titles up for grabs on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n However, it is a frequent training base for several tennis players, many of whom are based in Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n Sinner was a semi-finalist at the event in 2024, falling to eventual champion Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets in the last four.<\/p>\n However, not only will he not be able to train at the venue until mid-April, but he will also be unable to compete at the tournament this year.<\/p>\n The event will be held from 7-13 April, meaning the world No 1 will still be suspended when the event takes place.<\/p>\n It is one of four Masters 1000 events that Sinner will miss during his suspension, alongside Indian Wells, the Miami Open, and the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n Sinner is the defending Miami champion and will lose quarter-final points in Madrid, though he was stripped of his Indian Wells semi-final points when first sanctioned for his doping violation.<\/p>\n Read Next<\/strong>:\u00a0The 8 longest Grand Slam men\u2019s singles finals: ft Djokovic, Nadal, Federer<\/a><\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner suffers major setback as training plans during ban are dented<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner has suffered a major blow in his mid-suspension training plans after the Monte-Carlo Country Club confirmed it was subject to World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rules. World No 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner is serving a three-month suspension after he and WADA agreed to a settlement in his doping case. The Italian\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n