Sinner remains number one despite penalty

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 21 - Jannik Sinner remains comfortably at the helm of the ATP ranking despite losing 400 points after testing positive to a steroid in March during the semifinals of the Indian Wells Tournament.
    The 23-year-old Italian player was judged innocent due to an 'unconscious intake' of clostebol through a cream although the 300,000-euro prize he won at the competition was withdrawn.
    Just a few days ahead of the start of the US Open on August 26, one of four Grand Slam tournaments, the player retains nearly 2,000 points ahead of Serbia's Novak Djokovic, who will be defending the title he conquered last year in Flushing Meadows, New York.
    Sinner on Tuesday said he respected world tennis anti-doping authorities after he tested positive for the banned steroid but was judged innocent due to an 'unconscious intake' and would now put this tough period behind him. (ANSA).