Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Top-ranked men's tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday that it has scheduled a closed-doors hearing April 16-17 at its headquarters in Lausanne.

WADA is challenging a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency not to suspend Sinner for what it judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March.

Sinner, who won the US Open in September after details of his case were revealed, is in Melbourne preparing to defend his Australian Open title there.

Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case

Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case

Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case

Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case

Sinner gets April hearing in appeal of doping case