Simona Halep is temporarily suspended from tennis after failing a doping test during the US Open 2022. George Kosac, recently re-elected president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, talks about the possible suspension for the former WTA leader.

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George Kosak does not allow the two-year suspension of Simona Halep in the case of doping

The official believes that Halep will not receive a severe punishment from the International Tennis Integrity Agency, he excludes a two-year fine.

In addition, Kosak believes that Simona will receive a suspension equivalent to the period during which she was ineligible to play (she is provisionally suspended from October 2022).

“No one in Romanian sports wanted such a problem to exist. This is a lost year in Simona’s life, but I am convinced that everything will return to normal.

From my point of view, he did nothing wrong. I do not think that he will be given 2 years of disqualification. I think they would consider this period during which she was inactive to be equivalent to the suspension they wanted to give.

I’m optimistic and don’t want to think about it (not about the two-year ban).

It’s up to her if she wants to move on. I think it is difficult for any athlete to last 2 years at such an age,” – George Kozakfor Sport.ro.

As a reminder, Simona Halep is temporarily suspended from tennis due to a positive test for Roxadustat (conducted during the US Open 2022).

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