Simona Halep received big news on Tuesday: The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne cut her doping ban from four years to just nine months, and she can return to the tennis court immediately.

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>> WRONG The suspension of Simona Halep was reduced to only 9 months, TAS reports – the ex-WTA leader can return to the court

Simona Halep received the news about her return to tennis from her lawyer

Simona Halep was informed about the CAS verdict by her lawyer Bohdan Stoyka.

He described the reaction of the athlete and the explosion of joy with which she met the verdict.

“She was extremely, extremely happy, maximum happiness. It was a squeal of joy. This is an emotional type. It’s very hard to believe that an athlete like her, who ended up fighting the entire anti-doping system…

I have known Simona for many years, from 12 to 13 years old. An exemplary athlete, with an impeccable career, with an exemplary concern for clean sport, found himself in an incredible situation, completely crazy.

I can’t say that I knew from the beginning that we would win, but I thought from the beginning that we could help her. We were a team, two lawyers, then a third. Yes, I was the only one from Romania.

He is an extraordinary person, and I knew that Simona could not do something like this.” – said Bohdan Stoykafor DigiSport.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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).