The world’s top-ranked participant sometimes rides into Flushing Meadows on a wave of constructive headlines, basking in a U.S. Open highlight that shines brighter than the Times Square billboards.
Instead, Sinner spent the runup to the event tamping down damage considerations and on Tuesday grew to become embroiled in controversy after the International Tennis Integrity Agency stated that he examined constructive twice for an anabolic agent in March.