Simona Halep is awaiting a CAS verdict in the context of the Roxadustat doping scandal at the 2022 US Open after three days of hearings in Lausanne.

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Rezvan Burleanu asks Romanians to be closer to Simona Halep

After three days of hearings at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Simona Halep awaits a verdict after testing positive for Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open.

The former WTA leader is backed by several Romanian sports figures, with the latest to voice his support is the president of the Romanian Football Federation, Rezvan Burleanu.

He appealed to all Romanians, saying that Simona needs to be supported, as she was supported when she represented Romania at the highest levels of tennis.

“If it was important to you, then I think you should support it more. Because surely you were the ones who supported her in beautiful moments. And then I think that all Romanian sports should continue to support her even in these rather difficult moments.

For me personally, she remains a champion. I don’t think that we will soon have performers of her level. Therefore, Simona is going through a more difficult moment, but we want her to have the opportunity to return, and regardless of the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, she will continue to play Romanian tennis. ” – said Rezvan Burleanu, as.ro reports.

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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 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).