ROME — Prime-ranked Jannik Sinner added a clay-court event in Hamburg, Germany, to his French Open preparations for when he returns from a three-month doping ban in Could.
Organizers of the Could 17-24 Hamburg Open introduced Sinner’s entry Tuesday.
Sinner will return on the Italian Open earlier than his residence followers earlier in Could.
A spokeswoman for Sinner confirmed to The Related Press that he’ll play in Hamburg and stated the one Wimbledon warmup that the three-time Grand Slam champion plans to enter can be in Germany, in Halle.
Sinner, who comes from the German-speaking Alto Adige area of Italy, is common in Germany.
It’s going to mark the primary time that Sinner performs Hamburg, throughout every week that high gamers usually take off. He has performed Halle 3 times — successful the grass-court event final 12 months.
Sinner accepted his ban final month in a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Company. WADA appealed a call final 12 months by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company to totally exonerate Sinner for what it deemed to be an unintended contamination.
Sinner’s ban expires on Could 4. He then plans to play the Italian Open (Could 7-18), Hamburg (Could 17-24), the French Open (Could 25-June 8), Halle (June 16-22) and Wimbledon (June 30-July 13).
The transfer was made after Frankopan turned down a proposal to work solely for Sinner.