Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek discussed their respective drugs bans after clinching title success at Wimbledon over the weekend, according to the Italian. Sinner lifted the Wimbledon trophy for the first time after overcoming Carlos Alcaraz in four sets in the men’s final on Sunday, with Swiatek thrashing Amanda Anisimova 6-0, 6-0 in the women’s final a day earlier.

Sinner was handed a three-month ban in February following two positive doping tests after reaching an agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Swiatek, meanwhile, accepted a one-month suspension last November after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine. The duo have now won 10 Grand Slam titles between them.

Sinner spoke to BBC Sport to discuss his Wimbledon triumph on Monday. And reflecting on his chat with Swiatek, he explained: “Well, me and Iga, we actually talked yesterday about this and we've been celebrating, in a way, even more because it was a very difficult time for her and also for me.

“And only me and my team and the people who are close to me know exactly how it went.

“There are always going to be some people who believe in you and who [do] not, but this is in everything.

“So yeah, in a way it's very special, because it was very, very stressful, the time on the last four or five months.”

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After being slapped with his sanction, Sinner maintained that he had been contaminated when his now-former physio used the banned steroid Clostebol on his own finger before applying a treatment to the star.

And in a statement released by his lawyers earlier this year, Sinner 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.”

Swiatek, meanwhile, was given her sanction after the International Tennis Integrity Agency acknowledged that her positive test was due to contamination via medication.

And she explained in a video statement afterwards: “It was a blow for me, I was shocked and this whole situation made me very anxious.

“At first I couldn’t understand how that was even possible and where it had come from. It turns out testing revealed historically lowest levels of trimetazidine, a substance I’ve never heard about before.

“I don’t think I even knew it existed. I have never encountered it, nor did people around me. So I had a strong sense of injustice, and these first few weeks were really chaotic.”

Addressing her fans, she added: “So now, I have fought the toughest battle of my life, and I hope you will stay with me and keep supporting me.”