Simona Halep appealed to TAS after being banned for 4 years for testing positive for Roxadustat at the 2022 US Open, and Patrick Muratoglu said in a video posted on his Instagram account that he takes responsibility for the Romanian being caught doping.

Patrick Muratoglu feels guilty in the doping case of Simona Halep

On Friday evening, Patrick Muratoglu published a video on his Instagram account in which he admitted his guilt in the context of Simona Halep’s disqualification for doping.

The Romanian appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, and her lawyers are expected to present strong evidence to reduce the period of suspension or even overturn the decision.

“I am confident about the future of Simona Halep after the appeal filed with the CAS, because it is an independent court. We were able to determine where the pollution was coming from. Therefore, we offered him to take a colleague and bought him from the company.

This collagen turned out to be contaminated. I couldn’t have known, but I take responsibility for what happened as it affects my team and me. We bought him this collagen.

We have run all possible tests to determine if it is an infection. I am very confident that an independent tribunal will recognize that Simona never used doping, that she is a victim and should return to the field and play as soon as possible.

My eyes were opened and I realized that any athlete could get infected tomorrow, because apparently it is happening more and more often. Additives should be clean, but it happens that they are contaminated.

We are talking about extremely small amounts. They don’t work, but you happen to have them in your body and you test positive for doping. This is terrible, because you are completely innocent, your reputation is ruined!

Your name was involved in a doping scandal, and you can sit on the bar for a long time. It affects your reputation for no reason because you did nothing. I learned that this can happen to anyone, and you need to be 100% sure that it will not happen to the supplement companies you choose.” – said Patrick Muratoglu in a video posted on his Instagram account.

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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.

• Simone has only one appeal: the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

• 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.

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