Jannik Sinner is free to return to the tour in time for Roland Garros after accepting a three-month period of ineligibility from WADA — experts Nicole Pratt and Sam Stosur react to the world No.1’s negotiated settlement and discuss the implications for tennis. Amanda Anisimova has climbed inside the world top 20 following her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha, while runner-up Jelena Ostapenko has extended her dominance over Iga Swiatek to five wins from five meetings — analyst Simon Rea casts a spotlight over the match-up and the continued rise of Buenos Aires champion Joao Fonseca. Novak Djokovic has suffered a first-round loss to Matteo Berrettini who’s through to the quarterfinals of Doha along with top seed Carlos Alcaraz and Australia’s Alex de Minaur. And new Aussie women’s No.1 Kim Birrell joins the show as she prepares to lead the Billie Jean King Cup team in April’s qualifying round-robin in Brisbane.

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Jannik Sinner is free to return to the tour in time for Roland Garros after accepting a three-month period of ineligibility from WADA &mdash; experts Nicole Pratt and Sam Stosur react to the world No.1&rsquo;s negotiated settlement and discuss the implications for tennis. Amanda Anisimova has climbed inside the world top 20 following her maiden WTA 1000 title in Doha, while runner-up Jelena Ostapenko has extended her dominance over Iga Swiatek to five wins from five meetings &mdash; analyst Simon Rea casts a spotlight over the match-up and the continued rise of Buenos Aires champion Joao Fonseca. Novak Djokovic has suffered a first-round loss to Matteo Berrettini who&rsquo;s through to the quarterfinals of Doha along with top seed Carlos Alcaraz and Australia&rsquo;s Alex de Minaur. And new Aussie women&rsquo;s No.1 Kim Birrell joins the show as she prepares to lead the Billie Jean King Cup team in April&rsquo;s qualifying round-robin in Brisbane.
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Sinner to return for Rome, Djokovic downed in Doha, Birrell back in the big time

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