Darren Cahill defended Simona Halep from the beginning of the doping scandal, and the Australian coach published two messages after TAS announced that the ex-world leader could return to the tennis court (the Romanian’s suspension was reduced from 4 years to 9 months).

The term of Simona Halep’s disqualification was reduced to only 9 months, TAS reports – the ex-WTA leader can return to the court

Simona Halep is decent, honest and a fighter, says Darren Cahill

The Australian, who has expressed confidence in Simona’s innocence for the past year and a half, initially reacted on X (formerly Twitter), where he limited himself to a short message and a few emoticons: “Good morning, Simon.”

Cahill returned some time later and posted a photo on her InstaStory of the trophy Simona Halep won at Roland Garros 2018, the tournament where the Romanian was coached by the Australian.

“Decency, honesty and a fighter to the core. You have class, Simo. Well done and welcome back to where you belong,” Cahill wrote on Instagram.

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Simona Halep and Darren Cahill have been together for six years in the WTA tournament

Simone and Darren began working together in 2015, initially working together through Adidas’ youth development program.

Halep and Cahill worked in 2015-2018, and Simona managed to win the tournament at Roland Garros (2018) and reach the 1st place in the WTA hierarchy.

The first separation took place at the end of 2018, when Darren said that he needed more time for his family.

On September 12, 2019, Simona announced the return of the Australian to her team. In the summer of the same year, our athlete won the title at Wimbledon together with Daniel Dobre, and with the help of sports analyst Darren Cahill (ESPN).

The cooperation of the two continued in 2020, in which tennis, however, was insignificant due to the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, Simona did not participate in the US Open.

2021 was a difficult year for Halep: she suffered an injury in Rome, then missed almost the most important part of the season: Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and on September 22 it became known about the break.

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Darren Cahill, one of the most respected trainers on the circuit

Darren Cahill is a very important name in the world of professional tennis.

The Australian managed to make Lleyton Hewitt the youngest first racket of the world in history, and Andre Agassi the oldest.

During his career, he won the following Grand Slam titles with his students: US Open 2001 (with Lleyton Hewitt), Australian Open 2003 (with Andre Agassi), Roland Garros 2018 (with Simona Halep) and Wimbledon 2019 (with Simona Halep , consulted). her and participated in the implementation of tactics) and Australian Open 2024 (with Yannick Sinner).

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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).

• 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).