Jannik Sinner enjoyed a winning return to tennis on Saturday after serving a three-month doping ban, as he defeated Mariano Navone in front of a rapturous crowd at his home Italian Open.

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.

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,