World number one Jannik Sinner said the support and friendship he received from Jack Draper during his three-month ban for a doping violation gave him the positive energy he needed to make it through a difficult period.

After a wait of more than 100 days, Jannik Sinner still knows how to win a tennis match.The top-ranked player made a solid return from his three-month doping ban by beating 99th-ranked Mariano Navone 6-3,

World No 1 Jannik Sinner returned to the match court on Saturday, after one of the most controversial doping bans of recent memory, and immediately reverted to winning ways.