First reactions after 4-year disqualification of Simona Halep they began to appear. Former player Andriy Pavel said that he was shocked by the length of the disqualification, which he considers unfair.

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Andriy Pavel on the suspension of Simona Halep: “Shocking and unfair”

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) announced Tuesday that Simona Halep has been banned for four years.

Simona’s former coach Andriy Pavel was the first to react to this news.

“How? I’m just shocked, I’m driving, I’m going to Constanța, for the juniors, we also have the Davis Cup this weekend. I’m absolutely shocked. I’m speechless, believe me, I don’t even know what to say. Shocked to the max ! Sorry, you have no idea. It’s not even clear why or how.

Now I really don’t know what to say. Four years seems like something to me… I’ve never heard of such a thing. I am completely speechless. Again, this is shocking. That’s the only word I can tell you.

I thought he would play soon. That was an added motivation… When you see Wozniacki coming back, Osaka is coming back. This was the motivation for Simone to start again. Shocking and unfair!” Pavlo said for GSP.

Know:

  • 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.
  • Simone has only one appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

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