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Djokovic wants 'clear protocols' over doping cases

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Novak Djokovic has called for "clear protocols" and "standardised approaches" to tennis doping cases with Jannik Sinner having escaped a ban after testing positive for a banned substance.

The world number one twice tested positive for clostebol - a steroid that can be used to build muscle mass - in March.

The Italian was cleared of fault or negligence by a tribunal last week, with the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) finding Sinner had been inadvertently contaminated with the substance by physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi.

Naldi had been applying an over-the-counter spray - given to him by fitness trainer Umberto Ferrara - to a cut on his own hand before then carrying out treatments on Sinner.