​The 2024 Australian Open is just a few hours away, and Boris Becker spoke about Simona Halep’s absence from Melbourne for the second year in a row.

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Boris Becker: “Ion Cyriak will help Simona Halep with everything she needs”

The former great tennis player believes that if TAS upholds the 4-year disqualification, Simona Halep’s career will end.

Becker believes that Simona has the strength to return to tennis if the suspension is reduced, and the German is confident that Ion Cyriac will help her with everything she needs for the CAS hearing in early February (February 7-9).

“I am a big fan, a big admirer of Simona Halep. She is great on the field. She wasn’t the strongest, but she’s one of the smartest players in history.

Her performance in the final against Serena Williams at Wimbledon (#2019) was one of the best I’ve seen from a player. And she did it against the greatest player in history.

I am sad to see what is happening to him. I hope he has a good trial at CAS, I hope he has good lawyers. I’m sure Țiriac will help her with everything she needs. It will be very important for tennis and for her to return to the court.

If the suspension stays, I don’t think it will come back. That would be too much of a break. But I hope she will get a second chance, the suspension will be reduced and we will see her on the field,” he said. Boris Beckerin intervention for Gsp.ro.

Who is Boris Becker?

On January 28, 1991, at the age of 56, Boris Becker rose to the first position in the world. He won $25,080,956 in tennis prize money alone, and won six Grand Slam titles in his career: the Australian Open (1991, 1996), Wimbledon (1985, 1986, 1989) and the US Open (1989).

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What you need to know about Simona Halep’s doping case

• The news that Simona Halep was temporarily suspended for doping appeared on Friday, October 21, 2022.

• Simona’s case was heard by Sport Resolutions, an independent tribunal in London that hears doping cases in white sport.

• Halep was suspended for 4 years for two separate violations of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP): the presence and use of the substance roxadustat in a urine sample collected after an anti-doping test conducted at the 2022 US Open (1) and a violation of her biological passport (2).

• Simone has only one appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• According to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on its official website, Halep will be heard by CAS on February 7-9, 2024.

• A Swiss court said the former WTA leader had asked to overturn the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and “reduce” its sanctions.

• If the 4-year disqualification remains in force, then the ex-WTA leader can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Halep will be 35 years old at that time.

• On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep played her last official match on the world stage. At the US Open, in the inaugural round, our athlete unexpectedly defeated Daria Snigur (at that time, 124th place in the WTA, based on the qualification).

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