Before the start of the Tournament of Champions, the finalist of the US Open and this year’s Wimbledon Ons Jaber spoke about the doping scandal involving Simona Halep.

Simona Halep failed an anti-doping test at this year’s US Open and was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. Official information was received on October 7, 2022.

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In a public interview offered by The National, the player, who occupies the 2nd place in the WTA hierarchy, spoke about the situation that Simona Halep is going through.

“I was shocked! It makes me very sad to see what can happen when someone makes a mistake. To me, if someone cheated, the substance is in a large amount in the blood. But in her case, it was very little. I don’t know what happened.

I believe that this is the fear of any player, to take something unconsciously and appear for an anti-doping test. It is clear that the situation is not pleasant. I don’t know what happened, but I hope she’s telling the truth.” – said Ons Jaber.

Ons Jaber and Simona Halep during the Africa Cares demonstration tour

Ons Jaber and Simona Halep will also be rivals at the Africa Cares exhibition tournament, where our Romanian will also participate, despite the disqualification received after the doping scandal.

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