Simona Halep was heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne for three days, and the American press reported when the ex-WTA leader will be sentenced in the doping scandal.

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The verdict in the case of Simona Halep “should come in the period from the end of March to the beginning of April”, writes the US press

The Americans talk about Simona’s desire to return to the field as soon as possible and take part in the Olympic Games in Paris. It is unlikely that the Romanian will be present at the event as a player, given that the tennis tournament will take place from July 27 to August 4.

Simona Halep would like to be ready to play again before the Olympics in Paris, but everything depends on the CAS verdict.

According to rumors that recently appeared in TAS, the final verdict should be issued at the end of March – beginning of April,” the journalists write. US Tennis World.

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).

We will remind, if after the CAS appeal the 4-year disqualification remains in force, Halep can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Then the two-time Grand Slam winner will be 35 years old.

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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).

• These days, Simone has exhausted her only recourse: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• Halep was heard at the 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, the ex-WTA leader can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Halep would have turned 35 at that time.

• On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep played her last official match on the world circuit. 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).