The timing means the 23-year-old Italian won't miss any Grand Slam tournaments. The French Open, the season's next major, starts May 25.

Australian Open champion Sinner, 23, received a sanction in August but was found by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to bear “no fault or negligence” after twice testing positive for clostebol — a banned anabolic steroid — at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 tournament in March. He was permitted to continue playing.

Sinner will be eligible to return in early May and be able to participate in The French Open later that month.

Jannik Sinner’s deal with the World Anti-Doping Agency to accept a three-month ban for positive doping tests is facing criticism.

The men's world No. 1 could face a two-year ban. Here's what to know about the doping proceedings against him so far

World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility, allowing him to return before the French Open in May.

Jannik Sinner's drug case is now in the rear view. On Saturday, the three-time Grand Slam champion and No. 1 player in the world received his punishment from the pair of positive doping violations from last year and will serve a three-month suspension,

Sinner claimed trace amounts of Clostebol in a doping sample was due to a massage from a trainer who used the substance after cutting his finger.

Top tennis player Jannik Sinner agreed to a three-month ban over doping allegations, accepting responsibility after positive tests showed traces of a banned steroid, Clostebol. The World Anti-Doping Agency reached this settlement while ruling that Sinner did not intentionally cheat or gain any advantage thereby.

Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis to settle a case which has lingered over the sport for months after he twice tested positive for a banned substance, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on Saturday.