Simona Halep has once again returned to the court to practice for the upcoming Miami Open which will happen on March 17-31. This will be her very first appearance since winning an appeal against a doping suspension.
The former Romanian best player had a four-year doping ban, which was decreased to nine months by the top court for global sport, allowing her to resume competition as soon as possible.
Halep declared in her Instagram: “Feels like I never left.”
Halep denied charges against her
In October 2022, Former Winbledon and French Open champions were suspended after being positive for obtaining roxadustat, an illegal substance that increases the formation of red blood cells, at the U.S. Open.
Furthermore, she was charged with a doping offense because of irregularities in her athlete biological passport (ABP), which is designed to check the blood parameters of athletes over time to reveal possible doping activities.
Halep had denied all of the accusations against her and would take the possibility of retiring if the four-year ban was upheld.
Source: Inquirer
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