Simona Halep is awaiting a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne on February 7-9, 2024, and the former world number one has issued a message of confidence at the end of 2023.

Simona Halep is aware that the year 2024 can be decisive for her career

Simona Halep did not have the best year of her career, she was banned for 4 years after testing positive for Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open.

The two-time Grand Slam champion posted a confident message on her Instagram account as she is due to be heard by CAS in February 2024.

“I have the power to say: Thank you, 2023!

Everything happens for a reason, and it’s for you, not against you. 2024, I can’t wait to meet you.” Simona Halep wrote.

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What you need to know about Simona Halep’s doping case

• 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.

• Halep was suspended for 4 years for two separate violations of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program (TADP): the presence and use of the substance roxadustat in a urine sample collected after an anti-doping test conducted at the 2022 US Open (1) and a violation of her biological passport (2).

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

• According to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on its official website, Halep will be heard by CAS on February 7-9, 2024.

• The Swiss court said that the ex-leader of the WTA asked to cancel the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and “reduce” its sanctions.

• If the 4-year disqualification remains in force, then the ex-WTA leader can theoretically return to the tennis court on October 6, 2026. Halep will be 35 years old at that time.

• On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep played her last official match on the world circuit. At the US Open, in the inaugural round, our athlete unexpectedly defeated Daria Snigur (at that time, 124th place in the WTA, based on the qualification).

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