Suspended for doping and awaiting a Sport Resolutions trial, Simona Halep has resumed training but has fallen to only 40th in the world rankings.

Ilie Nastase and Simona HalepPhoto: Ella Ling/BPI/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

Ilie Nestase talked about violations in tennis and made harsh accusations

Simona Halep has been out of action for eight months and the ITIA continues to delay her case. Ilie Nestase, a former world leader, spoke about Simona’s case and the violations that occur at tennis tournaments.

“Symona, I don’t know, she has a difficult situation. As Mr. Cyriac also said, at first he had to hurry, because then he was cut. The longer you take, the longer he will have to wait before he can play tennis again.

She’s procrastinating because she’s Romanian! When they told me I was racist, I finished the thread in three days because we addressed them. It should have been done in this case as well, but now it is too late.

Simona has to support those who make decisions and are not very fair. I know some tennis players from other countries who were caught (no – in doping cases) and did absolutely nothing. At the management level, it was said that if these names were named, then the sponsors would leave and there would be no more WTA tournaments. That was the answer.

She (no – Simona Halep) should be careful, do gymnastics, play tennis. He won’t forget tennis in eight months, he has to see his training and let’s hope a decision is made soon. Maybe he’ll play at the US Open.

Simona will recover, she was No. 1, you can’t always be No. 1… but she has the qualities to be No. 1 again,” Ilie Nestase told Digisport.

Know:

  • The news that Simona Halep was temporarily suspended for doping appeared on Friday, October 21, 2022.
  • Simona Halep is temporarily suspended from tennis due to a positive test for Roxadustat (conducted during the US Open 2022).
  • Simona’s case will be heard by Sport Resolutions, an independent court in London that hears doping cases in white sport.
  • However, if innocence cannot be proven, Simone has one more appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
  • It will be recalled that the maximum suspension that Halep could receive is 4 years.

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