Jannik Sinner has said he was lost and confused after receiving a three-month doping ban in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency in February.<\/p>\n
The top-ranked tennis player suddenly didn\u2019t know what do with himself away from the game he had dedicated almost his entire life to.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the start I was a bit confused because I didn\u2019t know exactly what I wanted to do,\u201d Sinner said Monday \u2014 the day the ban expired \u2014 upon his arrival at the Italian Open. \u201cThen I went home and stayed with my family. I tried to understand better what was really important to me.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how many sacrifices I made and my daily routine was always practice, practice, practice,\u201d Sinner added. \u201cBut at that moment I didn\u2019t have any of that. I came to understand that what\u2019s important to me are the people by your side. That they give you the strength to move forward and continue smiling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Besides his family in the German-speaking Alto Adige region of northern Italy, Sinner also spent more time with friends at home in Monaco, participated in other sports like cycling, and then only gradually came back to tennis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went about a month without touching (a racket) and then we restarted really softly,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cWhen we started pushing more, blisters developed on my hands. That was something I hadn\u2019t experienced in a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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