Sinner argues his case while dominating ATP Tour
• May 1 & 4: Sinner withdraws from the Madrid quarterfinals and pulls out of Rome, citing a hip injury.
• May 30: The ITIA formally charges Sinner—while he is competing at Roland Garros, where he’d reach the semifinals—with anti-doping violations.
• June 4: Sinner rises to world No. 1, becoming the first Italian player ever to hold the top position in the tour rankings.
• June 18: Sinner makes his debut in Halle, his first tournament as world No. 1. He defeats Tallon Griekspoor in his opening match, and goes on to win the title.
• June 19: Sinner’s legal team, led by Jamie Singer of Onside Law, submits documents with detailed explanations of the circumstances of the positive tests. Sinner argues that he was inadvertently exposed to the steroid in part due to a skin condition called psoriasiform dermatitis, which causes itchy skin resulting in “various skin lesions” on his body.
• July 9: Sinner reaches the Wimbledon quarterfinals, where he loses to Daniil Medvedev.
• July 24: Sinner pulls out of the Olympics citing tonsillitis: “After a good week of clay training, I started to feel unwell. I spent a couple of days resting and during a visit the doctor found tonsillitis and strongly advised me against playing.”
