Simona Halep (31 years old, 26 WTA) has not played a tennis match since the end of August, at the US Open, where she failed an anti-doping test.

The athlete was suspended for consuming Roxadustat and announced from day one that she would do everything in her power to prove her innocence. However, months passed, and there was no verdict.

Mihai Rusu, a former tennis player now a coach in Germany, claims that the reason for the delay, which became known after speaking with a WADA member from Munich, is the actions of Simona Halep’s lawyers, who are still looking for arguments.

“After talking with the WADA inspector in Munich, I learned that the pressure is on Simona Halep’s side, not the other way around! Let’s not create the impression that the judges are to blame! They respond to the requests of Simona Halep’s lawyers.

The trial of Simona Halep is being delayed by her lawyers who are looking for counterarguments! Judges have the evidence of anti-doping controllers, so they are not accused. The ball is in the lawyers’ court”…

Read in full at DigiSport.ro