The doping case involving Simona Halep will be heard urgently by Sports Resolution, the independent court in London that manages doping files in white sport.

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The Romanian is temporarily suspended from tennis due to a positive test for Roxadustat (conducted during the US Open 2022).

As reported by Prosport, the defense prepared by Simona together with the team that represents her has been completed, and the lawyers of the player from Romania demanded an urgent consideration of the case.

The cited source talks about the trial, which will take place within 3 months after the presentation of the indictment by the team of lawyers representing Halep’s interests.

The experts hired by Simona rely on the idea of ​​contamination (rather than consumption of a contaminated food supplement) and hope to receive only a reprimand without a permanent suspension.

“Due to the exceptional specifics of the case, he cannot be blamed for guilt or negligence, and the sanction should be a reprimand at most,” the cited source notes.

However, if innocence cannot be proven, Simone has one more appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

It will be recalled that the maximum suspension that Halep could receive is 4 years.

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George Kosak is confident that Simona will return for the 2023 US Open

In an interview with ProSport, George Kosac, president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, is convinced that Simona Halep has certain assets to prove her innocence.

“I am an optimist and believe that Simona Halep will prove her innocence. I don’t know if she will be able to go to Roland Garros, but I think she will be able to participate in the US Open, because by then the verdict will be passed on her.” – he noted George Kozak.

This year’s US Open starts on August 28 and ends on September 10.