(VIDEO) "I didn't even hear about it": Frances Tiafoe gives hilarious response to Swiatek-Sinner doping question

Frances Tiafoe showed off his trademark humour as the panel at the Charlotte Invitational exhibition tournament bizarrely were quizzed on the Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner doping cases.

Big news in the tennis world with Swiatek just finishing a suspension after testing positive for substance TMZ, Tiafoe was part of a panel including Sloane Stephens who answered first promptly trying to diffuse the questioning.

"We will not be commenting on that sorry," said Stephens. But after a diplomatic response from the former US Open champion came hilarity from Tiafoe.

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"I didn't even hear about it," he joked deadpanned as the others on the panel including Madison Keys and Carlos Alcaraz laughed.

The quartet are in Charlotte tonight for an exhibition with Alcaraz after winning the Garden Cup at MSG went to Charlotte for the Invitational as he ends his season in full starting his preparation for next year. He faces Tiafoe, while Stephens rematches Keys in a re-run of the US Open final.

The moderator then promptly shut down the line of question saying that an answer is 'just not going to happen today' from any of them. A hot topic on the lips of all tennis fans, it is one that certainly will roar into next season.