Darren Cahill has supported Simona Halep throughout the doping scandal involving the two-time Grand Slam champion, and now the Australian coach has opened up about the “torture” suffered by his former student.

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Darren Cahill – Simona Halep’s comeback against Yannick Sinner’s Australian Open 2024 title

Cahill helped Yannick Sinner to his first major title (Australian Open 2024) but says the announcement of Simona Halep’s return has brought him more joy.

“For me it was the best of the year. And I’ve had a really good year with everything I’ve done so far!

It was 18 months of torture, I always believed in her. I know he would never knowingly take something forbidden. This proved true when he went to TAS in Lausanne. The truth came out.

I know he’s been through some tough times, I’m very proud of how he’s handled it all. I’m happy to see her play again. I can’t wait to see her again!” – Darren Cahillin an interview with Sky Sports.

Simona Halep will return to the WTA tournament at the tournament in Miami (March 19-31).

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Simona Halep and Darren Cahill have been together for six years in the WTA

Simone and Darren began working together in 2015, initially working together through Adidas’ youth development program.

Halep and Cahill worked in 2015-2018, and Simona managed to win the tournament at Roland Garros (2018) and reach the 1st place in the WTA hierarchy.

The first separation took place at the end of 2018, when Darren said that he needed more time for his family.

On September 12, 2019, Simona announced the return of the Australian to her team. In the summer of the same year, our athlete won the title at Wimbledon together with Daniel Dobre, and with the help of sports analyst Darren Cahill (ESPN).

The cooperation of the two continued in 2020, in which tennis, however, was insignificant due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, Simona did not participate in the US Open.

2021 was a difficult year for Halep: she suffered an injury in Rome, then missed almost the most important part of the season: Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and on September 22 it became known about the break.

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Darren Cahill, one of the most respected trainers on the circuit

Darren Cahill is a very important name in the world of professional tennis.

The Australian managed to make Lleyton Hewitt the youngest first racket of the world in history, and Andre Agassi the oldest.

During his career, he won the following Grand Slam titles with his students: US Open 2001 (with Lleyton Hewitt), Australian Open 2003 (with Andre Agassi), Roland Garros 2018 (with Simona Halep) and Wimbledon 2019 (with Simona Halep , consulted). her and participated in the implementation of tactics) and Australian Open 2024 (with Yannick Sinner).

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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).

• Halep was heard at the CAS on February 7-9, 2024.

• A Swiss court said the former WTA leader had asked to overturn the decision of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) and “reduce” its sanctions.

• 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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