Simona Halep handed four-year ban from tennis for doping breaches
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imona Halep, the two-time Grand Slam winner and former long-time ladies’s world No1, has been handed a four-year suspension after breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP), the International Tennis Integrity Agency has confirmed.
The Romanian, 31, has been provisionally banned from the game since October 2022 and can now be unable to play once more till late 2026, although the ruling is topic to an enchantment and Halep – who denies any wrongdoing – has already confirmed her intention to take her case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
Halep, a Wimbledon champion in 2019 and French Open winner in 2018 who has spent 64 weeks as a world No1 throughout her profession, mentioned in an announcement on Tuesday, shortly after her ban was introduced: “Today, a tribunal under the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme announced a tentative decision in my case.
“The final 12 months has been the toughest match of my life, and sadly my battle continues. I’ve devoted my life to the gorgeous sport of tennis.
“I take the rules that govern our sport very seriously and take pride in the fact I have never knowingly or intentionally used any prohibited substance. I refused to accept their decision of a four-year ban.”
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