George Kosac, acting president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, reacted strongly to the scandal involving Simona Halep, who was temporarily suspended after testing positive at the 2022 US Open.

George Kosak’s Confusion: Why Quit After an Exceptional Career?

Kosak said that he does not understand why the former leader of the WTA uses banned substances, having achieved the most important results in his career thanks to hard work.

“I had a short dialogue via SMS with Simone, but I didn’t learn anything new compared to what was published from us in the press. I also want to emphasize what it means to be the first racket of the world in tennis, a winner of Grand Slam tournaments.

The speed with which the news spread around the world, the fact that tennis is played at the highest level on all continents because there are top level competitions everywhere, this is what the popularity of this sport means despite what the Ministry Leadership considers a sport when tennis is not a priority.

Turning to the topic of Simona, the day before yesterday I spent a sleepless night and asked myself hundreds of questions. Among hundreds of questions, one is very clear to me and does not leave my head. In conditions where great results in Romanian sports are closely linked to investment by the Romanian state, i.e. the Romanian state kept the great champions fed and fat, in conditions where Simona was supported by her parents or sponsors, in conditions where Simona had a measly percentage from the state For her work, why rush after an exceptional career?

We all know how much she worked to compensate for the physical difference with other players, that she was Serena Williams, that she was Maria Sharapova. Her desire and desire to perform led her to this extraordinary performance. Then we will all wait, it will not be easy for her, but we will wait for the final verdict, because the courts will decide to the end!” – George Kozakreports Sport Total FM.

Simona Halep’s mistake – Theo Serchel should have been left in the team

The Acting President of the Tennis Federation believes that Simona was wrong to change the entire team and believes that the double Grand Slam winner should not have given up on physical trainer Theo Serchel.

“Her choice of team was her choice. She pays her coach and is her own boss. If in other sports, representative athletes have coaches who are paid by federations or club teams, then Simona is the one who puts her hand in her pocket and pays her coach, the coach, that is, the entire technical staff in a word. So it was purely her decision, she decided how she was going to do it.

Reading the press, I saw that she passed 63 anti-doping controls. In tennis, as in other sports, it is not possible to play if anti-doping control comes. In tennis, you know for sure that you will be tested for doping, you will be tested at least 20 times a year.

This is a substance that you don’t have in your purse or first aid kit every day, you wouldn’t have a foundation. Remember Sydney, when Andrea Reducan became a great Olympic champion and they found her taking a Nurofen tablet, how much Mr. Cyriac fought then and all of Romania to save the honor of this great champion. Unfortunately, it will be a rather difficult fight and everyone will be watching what will happen in the next period.

I believe that at least Theo Serchel should have stayed with his team. In addition, physiotherapists, coaches, it depends on the well-being of the athlete, on the interaction of the athlete with the corresponding leader, with the corresponding coach. But as far as I know, cooperation with Theo worked very well, Theo is the person who also came to the Federation Cup every time, he worked with almost all the girls” – George Kozak.

If they did it on purpose, Muratoglu Academy should be fired

Kosak said he would “shoot a cannon” at Patrik Muratoglu’s academy if it turns out the Frenchman’s staff deliberately caused the situation.

“Symona Halep went through quite a difficult time during this period. Consider that he survived the divorce and now he has to deal with those from the international laboratories, with WADA (not the World Anti-Doping Agency) and so on, but we hope that he can continue his sports activities.

As a Romanian, as close to the family and to Simona, I would go further. I would have removed the Muratoglu Academy if I knew it was done on purpose. However, Simona became a national brand, she became an asset behind which the majority of the population stood, supporting her to achieve new and great results in Romanian sports. So, if we want to come to that conclusion, we really need to start doing it.

I don’t know what this academy means to them, but that’s why academies are created to have business, but for us Simona means a national treasure. If we put the scammer’s business on the scales, then if it succeeds, I don’t think it will go into the discussion” – George Kozak.

Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended for failing a doping test at the 2022 US Open, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced on Friday.

Shortly after the explanation, which flew around the world, Simona Halep said: “I was informed that I tested positive for a substance called roxadustat in an extremely small amount. I will fight to the end to prove that I have never knowingly taken a banned substance.” Moreover, the ex-WTA leader said that she felt “completely confused and betrayed”.

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