Two-Time Grand Slam Champion Simona Halep Cleared to Return to Tennis After Winning Doping Case on Appeal
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday by the sports' highest court cutting her ban for doping on appeal.
Lausanne (Switzerland), Mar 5: Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday by the sports' highest court cutting her ban for doping on appeal. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges partially upheld Halep's appeal and reduced her four-year ban to just nine months. It was applied retroactively and expired last July. India’s Sumit Nagal Wins Against Stefan Dostanic on Indian Wells Open 2024 Debut.
The three judges decided Halep “established, on the balance of probabilities" her positive test for a banned blood-boosting substance "entered her body through the consumption of a contaminated supplement.” Halep has not played since the 2022 US Open, where she tested positive and was serving a ban that would have exiled her from tennis until October 2026 after she turned 35.
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