Serena Williams has claimed she would have been banned for 20 years if she had failed a drug test like Jannik Sinner. The men’s world No 1 is serving a three-month suspension from tennis after twice testing positive for performance-enhancing drug clostebol in March last year.

Tennis legend Serena Williams knows as well as anyone the pressure professional athletes are under, but she is also well aware of the double standards and favoritism that can come with the career, too.

Serena Williams has expressed surprise over the length of Jannik Sinner ’s ban from tennis, joking that she would have been stripped of her grand slam titles had she failed a drugs test. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.