Simona Halep will surely return to the tennis court on June 15, when she will perform at the Sports Festival together with Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf and Andrii Pavel. In addition, Ion Cyriak says that this is not the last match of the ex-WTA leader.

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At his rink in Otopeni, Ion Cyriac was asked about the game Halep will play at the Sports Festival.

The businessman said that this is definitely not the last match that Simona will play.

“Why does this have to be her last match? Is he dying? The last game is when you know you’re not going to play another game, but it can be played anywhere. As far as I know, she trains day and night, she is more ambitious than she was before.

I have suspicions about TAS because I was “Stan-Pătitul” in 2000 and I know what’s going on. In my opinion, Simona Halep has only one flaw. She may have tested positive, but why? And when you say why… I have no idea. Ask the people in charge, the people who took care of her.

Stop asking me about Halep because I don’t know anything else. In my opinion, she is not guilty, but her test is positive, unfortunately,” – Ion Syriac.

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.

• 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.

• 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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