These days, Simona Halep tried her only chance to prove her innocence in the doping scandal with Roxadustat at the US Open 2022. The Romanian is hoping for a favorable verdict that will not forcefully end her tennis career.

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Howard Jacobs: “Our arguments have been heard”

Simona Halep was heard from Wednesday to Friday at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in the doping scandal with Roxadustat at the US Open 2022, in which she is involved.

Our athlete received a four-year disqualification from tennis, but she resorted to the last and only way to hope for a favorable verdict in her case.

Simona also made her first statements after leaving the hearing, and her lawyer Howard Jacobs also commented on the process in which he represents the former WTA leader.

“I have nothing to add. You talked to Simona. We had a long hearing and we will wait for the outcome. We can’t say anything more. Our arguments were heard.

We will have to wait for the final decision. I have to wait, I can’t say anything more. I don’t know how long we will have to wait for the final verdict.” – he said, reports sport.ro.

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).

• These days, Simone has exhausted her only recourse: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• Halep was heard at the 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 stage. 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).