Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month suspension over two positive drugs tests last year.

Sinner, who triumphed at the Australian Open last month to cement his status as world number one, tested positive for clostebol, which is a banned substance.

The Italian's explanation was that he was inadvertently contaminated by his physiotherapist, who was treating him for a cut on his hand with an over-the-counter spray.

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) stated in August last year that Sinner bore "no fault or negligence". However, the World Anti-Doping Agency challenged this decision, and a further hearing was set to take place in April.

Instead, WADA and Sinner have agreed that the 23-year-old will accept an immediate three-month suspension, which expires on May 4, meaning he will be able to compete at the season's next grand slam at Roland-Garros.

While Sinner will be able to feature at the French Open, which starts on May 19, he will miss up to four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, while he was also due to compete in the Qatar Open next week.

His first tournament back could be on the clay courts in Rome, with that Masters 1000 event starting on May 7.

WADA accepted that Sinner "did not intend to cheat", though it stressed that "an athlete bears responsibility for the entourage's negligence".

With his victory in Melbourne last month, Sinner became just the fifth man in the Open Era to win three consecutive singles titles at the hard-court grand slams, after John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Since the start of 1990, Sinner is just the fifth man to win each of his first three major finals, after Gustavo Kuerten, Roger Federer, Stan Wawrinka and Carlos Alcaraz.

He has won 47 of his first 50 matches while ranked world number one, equalling the record previously shared by Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors.

Sinner, via a statement released by his lawyers, said: "This case had been hanging over me for nearly a year and the process still had a long time to run with a decision maybe only at the end of the year.

"I have always accepted that I am responsible for my team and realise WADA's strict rules are an important protection for the sport I love. 

"On that basis, I have accepted WADA's offer to resolve these proceedings on the basis of a three-month sanction."