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'.

Daniil Medvedev, who lost last year’s Australian Open final to Sinner, said it would be interesting to see “the energy” if Jannik Sinner and Nick Kyrgios crossed paths.

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.

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.

Nick Kyrgios has been more critical of Jannik Sinner than anyone since the Italian's doping case became public. However, the ATP world No. 1 refused to start a war of words with him. Over four

Reigning Australian Open champ and world No.1 Jannik Sinner says he’ll continue to “block” external criticism of his lenient doping ban as ardent critic Nick Kyrgios dropped another subtle sledge towards the Italian.

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

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

Since Hewitt won his last major title, only two Australians have even reached grand slam finals - Hewitt at the Australian Open (2005) and Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon (2022). At 19 years old, Kyrgios was anointed Australia's next grand slam winner when he beat Rafael Nadal and reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals in 2014.

Sinner's remarkable on-court ability to block out any distraction from his mission has been on full display as he seeks to defend his Melbourne title.