Simona Halep returns to the tennis court and will take part in the WTA tournament in Miami, the first after a break of one year and seven months. The athletes significantly reduced the sentence after appealing to CAS, and now she has received new important news.

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The WTA will review the provisions regarding suspended athletes who have a reduced sentence and their ranking in the world ranking

Given the verdict from Switzerland, Simona Halep should have received the right to play from July 2023, and at that time she was ranked 54th in the WTA ranking.

Originally banned for four years, Simona Halep won her CAS case and received a substantial reduction in her sentence, returning to the field for the tournament in Miami, where she was awarded a wildcard.

“We have started the process of reviewing this rule because we believe it is appropriate to review it.

The exact timeline for the potential rule change and its subsequent implementation will depend on the feedback we receive from our members.” – sent by WTA representatives.

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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).

• 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.

• 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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