The ITIA announced on Tuesday that Simona Halep has been banned for 4 years for doping after testing positive for roxadustat at the 2022 US Open, with Darren Cahill (the Romanian’s former coach) commenting on the verdict on the X (formerly Twitter) platform.

After a 4-year ban, Darren Cahill is backing Simona Halep

The Australian coach, who has been supporting the ex-WTA leader since the beginning of this scandal, once again expressed confidence in Simona’s innocence.

“Those who know me know my opinion on all this. I firmly support Simona. Be strong, Simo. This case has always been referred to the Swiss Court of Arbitration for Sport.” Darren Cahill on X (formerly Twitter).

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.

Simona Halep and Darren Cahill have been together for six years in the WTA

Simone and Darren began working together in 2015, initially working together through Adidas’ youth development program.

Halep and Cahill worked in 2015-2018, and Simona managed to win the tournament at Roland Garros (2018) and reach the 1st place in the WTA hierarchy.

The first separation took place at the end of 2018, when Darren said that he needed more time for his family.

On September 12, 2019, Simona announced the return of the Australian to her team. In the summer of the same year, our athlete won the title at Wimbledon together with Daniel Dobre, and with the help of sports analyst Darren Cahill (ESPN).

The cooperation of the two continued in 2020, in which tennis, however, was insignificant due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, Simona did not participate in the US Open.

2021 was a difficult year for Halep: she suffered an injury in Rome, then missed almost the most important part of the season: Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and on September 22 it became known about the break.

Darren Cahill, one of the most respected trainers on the circuit

Darren Cahill is a very important name in the world of professional tennis.

The Australian managed to make Lleyton Hewitt the youngest first racket of the world in history, and Andre Agassi the oldest.

During his career, he won the following Grand Slam titles with his students: US Open 2001 (with Lleyton Hewitt), Australian Open 2003 (with Andre Agassi), Roland Garros 2018 (with Simona Halep) and Wimbledon 2019 (with Simona Halep , consulted). her and participated in the implementation of tactics).

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