Simona Halep arrived in the USA, where she is preparing to return to the field after a break of more than a year and a half. The former world leader is training intensively before the tournament in Miami.

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Simona Halep is back on the court – training before the WTA in Miami

Simona Halep is ready to get back on the track after a CAS verdict reduced her four-year doping ban to just nine months.

The athlete received a wild card for the “WTA 1000” tournament in Miami, which will be held from March 17 to 31.

Having arrived in the USA, the ex-leader of the world hierarchy is intensively preparing for the first tournament in which he is participating since August 2022.

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About the doping case of Simona Halep

  • 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).
  • Halep was heard at the CAS on February 7-9, 2024.
  • TAS reduced Simona Halep’s sentence from 4 years to 9 months.
  • 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).

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