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.

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'.

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.

Nick Kyrgios has vowed to turn his potential match against Jannik Sinner into "an absolute riot" if they meet at the Australian Open. Kyrgios, who has been a vocal critic of world No. 1 and defending champion Sinner over his two positive doping tests last year,

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

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.

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

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 not happy to see Lleyton Hewitt's son sharing the practice court with Sinner ahead of the Australian Open.

Jannik Sinner had zero interest in addressing Nick Kyrgios' criticism, saying that there is no need for him to be answering some things when he is 100 percent sure that he didn't do anything wrong.

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