In April, the world’s best male player, the Italian Jannik Sinner, will swap the blue hues of Rod Laver Arena for a more confronting court; his doping appeal case against the International Tennis Integrity Agency, the World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Tennis Federation, is listed for two days in the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The podcast included salacious suggestions from Wertheim that Kyrgios’ views about Sinner are personal and surround Sinner’s current girlfriend — Anna Kalinskaya. The Russian, who is ranked No. 14 on the WTA Tour rankings, was previously in a relationship with Kyrgios.

Nick Kyrgios has been a vocal critic of Jannik Sinner since the Italian was cleared of fault after twice testing positive for a banned substance last March

World No 1 Jannik Sinner makes it 16 wins in a row; No 5 seed Daniil Medvedev dumped out of Australian Open by 19-year-old American Learner Tien in five-set epic; Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis p

Reigning Australian Open champ and world No.1 Jannik Sinner says he’ll continue to “block” external criticism of his lenient doping ban as ardent critic Nick Kyrgios dropped another subtle sledge towards the Italian.

Jannik Sinner dismisses Nick Kyrgios’ criticism amid doping case controversy and prepares to face Nicolás Jarry at the Australian Open.

Nick Kyrgios has been vocal about his opinions on the Jannik Sinner doping controversy. Most recently, the Australian reacted to the news of the World No.

Sinner will start against Chilean Nicolas Jarry, and Novak Djokovic faces Nishesh Basavareddy of the United States. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Cruz Hewitt shared his delight at training with Jannik Sinner in a social media post but Kyrgios decided to use the comments to show his dismay at him training with Jannik Sinner, the current World No.

Nick Kyrgios promised Jannik Sinner that he would turn their match into “an absolute riot” should the feuding pair meet at the Australian Open.

Kyrgios' response comes hot on the heels of his outrage over recent doping scandals involving World No.1 players Sinner and Iga Swiatek. Sinner twice tested positive for an anabolic steroid in March last year, but avoided a ban because the ITIA determined he was not to blame for the substance entering his system.

Jannik Sinner revealed he blocks out attacks by Nick Kyrgios over his failed drug tests as the world No.1 insisted: 'I haven’t done anything wrong'.