Simona Halep (31, 12 WTA) is currently suspended after testing positive for doping at the 2022 US Open.

Simona HalepPhoto: AGERPRES

Thus, Halep awaits a trial in which she will try to prove her innocence and will miss the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year.

The career of the Romanian was enviable, she started playing tennis at the age of 4 and showed excellent results from the junior level. At the age of 14, she was already performing on the ITF circuit, and before reaching adulthood, she played her first WTA match.

It happened in the first qualifying round of a closed tournament in Paris in 2009 in the company of Varvara Galanina. Simona Halep won 6-2, 6-4, but was defeated by Julia Georges 4-6, 6-2, 3-6 in the next round.

More than 13 years have passed since then, and Simona Halep has changed in everything, including physically. Read in full at DigiSport.ro