Simona Halep returned to Bucharest on Saturday after three days of hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the former WTA leader was mobbed by reporters at the airport.

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Simona Halep, who was attacked by journalists after the TAS hearings

The two-time Grand Slam winner was asked if she was optimistic about the CAS verdict in her doping case, but was troubled by the fact that she was being filmed and thrown after reporters asked questions.

“I declare absolutely nothing. I promised that we will talk after the result. Please understand. Sit quietly, because nothing is happening.

Is all this madness necessary, isn’t it?” Halep told reporters as she walked to her car and waved her arms around it, DigiSport reported.

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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).

• 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).