Simona Halep returns to WTA action in Miami, and the two-time Grand Slam champion will learn the name of her opponent in the opening round on Sunday.

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On Sunday, Simona Halep will find out who she will face in her return to the WTA tournament

Simona, who received a wildcard, will return to the field after a year and a half absence, during which she was disqualified due to a doping scandal (she managed to reduce the period of disqualification at the Court of Arbitration for Sport from 4 years to 9 months).

The main draw for the Miami Open will take place on Sunday, March 17, from 19:00 (Romanian time).

The games of the first round will take place on Tuesday, March 19, on the day when Simona Halep, the ex-leader of the world ranking, is also expected to enter the field.

Four players from Romania were directly admitted to the main draw by WTA Miami: Sorana Kirstia (22 WTA – 19th favorite – accepted directly to the second round), Ana Bohdan (65 WTA), Jacqueline Christian (82 WTA) and Simona Halep (unranked). .

The WTA 1000 Miami Open tournament will be held from March 19 to 31. Play will be played on hard surfaces, with 128 players in the main draw and a total prize pool of $8,995,555. The champion of the overall title is Petra Kvitova (she is pregnant and will not participate in this year’s edition).

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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, she took 124th place in the WTA ranking according to the qualification results).

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