The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award has been withdrawn because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.

In this long period, Jannik has grown a lot as a person and has understood who his true friends are. Many players have harshly attacked him and claimed that he was treated differently from others, while other tennis players such as Matteo Berrettini and Casper Ruud have always defended him.

Hey everyone … • Here’s this week’s Served podcast with Comedy Central’s Michael Kosta, author of the forthcoming book, Luck Loser: Adventures in Tennis and Comedy. • Congrats to last week’s big winners Mirra Andreeva and Sebastián Báez.

Jannik Sinner had obstacles thrown in his path during his suspension from tennis, but he has found a solution.