2024 is a crucial year for Simona Halep’s career and the two-time Grand Slam winner has received a message of support from former gymnast Larissa Iordake.

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Larisa Yordake encourages Simona Halep before the TAS hearing

At the beginning of February, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne will hear the ex-leader of the WTA in the doping case.

The situation of the double winner of the Grand Slam tournaments is not calm at all, which was emphasized by the former gymnast Larissa Yordake, who told Simona that she should have a strong psyche in the next period.

“Her situation is very difficult. You want to play the sport you’ve been playing since childhood, but you can’t. I think Simone wanted to enjoy tennis more and more.

This period, of course, is not very happy for Simona, but she will find peace and the ability to adapt to what is happening to her. I feel very sorry for her as an athlete.

No athlete deserves to be far from what he loves. I hope from the bottom of my heart that everything clears up and he is back on the field where he wants to be.

He must remain with a strong, positive psyche. He deserves a comeback because the work he has done over the years and the efforts of his parents have been immense. They deserve to be happy and fulfilled.” – said Larisa Iordake, iamsport 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 circuit. 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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