FORMER world No. 1 Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended after failing a drugs test.
“I have been notified that I have tested positive for a substance called Roxadustat in an extremely low quantity, which came as the biggest shock of my life. Halep wrote on social media: “Today begins the hardest match of my life: a fight for the truth. The International Tennis Integrity Agency confirmed Halep had been provisionally suspended from competing in a statement on Friday.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after failing a drug test during the U.S. ...
Athletes can earn a reduction in their ban if they quickly admit an offense and accept their sanction. Halep, a 31-year-old from Romania, announced in September she was taking the rest of this season off after having nose surgery to improve her breathing. It was the first tour-level win of Snigur's career. Open, Halep lost in the first round to Daria Snigur of Ukraine 6-2, 0-6, 6-4 on Aug. She is the most prominent tennis player to face a doping ban since five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova tested positive for a newly banned substance at the 2016 Australian Open. She won Wimbledon in 2019, beating 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the final, and the French Open in 2018.
Roxadustat stimulates the production of red blood cells and is used to treat anaemia and kidney problems. Halep, the current world number nine, said the drugs ...
“I will fight until the end to prove that I never knowingly took any prohibited substance and I have faith that sooner or later, the truth will come out,” she added. She said an “extremely low quantity” of the substance had been found in her body. Former world number one Simona Halep said Friday she will “fight until the end” to prove she did not knowingly take a prohibited substance after she was provisionally suspended for doping.
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It’s easy to be manipulated and controlled by people good at controlling and manipulating," Shriver tweeted. "I will fight until the end to prove that I never knowingly took any prohibited substance and have faith that sooner or later, the truth will come out. Naturally, many fans saw it as a veiled dig at Patrick Mouratglou, but his recent statement will go a long way in dispelling those rumors. "I’ll reserve my thoughts until [Simona Halep] has gone through the process of investigating how it happened & how it ended up in her system. Hope this is a mistake, if not, then this is terrible," Stubbs tweeted. It's not about the titles or the money.
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The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has temporarily disqualified Simona Halep from play after she tested positive for banned substance during ...
I'll tell you something else, (she did not) take even one Vitamin C without asking (her) doctor. “I'll tell you something for the first time: she never even drank water if the bottle was not sealed. Recently, the Romanian had a tough period as she went through a divorce as well as a nose surgery and her ex-husband, Toni Iuruc reacted to her provisional suspension.
A sample that Halep provided during the US Open in August tested positive for roxadustat, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said. Roxadustat ...
“I will fight until the end to prove that I never knowingly took any prohibited substance and I have faith that sooner or later, the truth will come out,” she added. “Today begins the hardest match of my life: a fight for the truth,” the 31-year-old Romanian wrote on Twitter. Halep, the current world number nine, said the drugs test result was “the biggest shock of my life”.
Former world No 1 Simona Halep receives plenty of support from her fellow countrywomen as well as some of her peers on the WTA Tour.
[Sorana Cirstea](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/312469/sorana-cirstea), the current Romanian No 3, posted a message on social media, saying she believes Halep, a two-time Grand Slam winner, ‘would never willingly and in good faith touch any doping substance’. She is a great player that I believe won through her own merits.” “The sport of tennis represents fair play and puts rivalries aside.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a banned substance.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said Halep had exercised her right to have her B sample analysed, which confirmed the finding of roxadustat. “It’s not about titles or the money,” said Halep. Romanian Halep, now ranked ninth in the world, said the positive result came as the “biggest shock of her life”.
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Adverse Analytical Findings for non-specified substances carry a mandatory provisional suspension,” the ITIA said. It’s about honour, and the love story I have developed with the game of tennis over the last 25 years,” she added. “Today begins the hardest match of my life: a fight for the truth.
Simona Halep is on suspension by the International Tennis Integrity Organization post testing positive for a banned substance for this year's US Open.
The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). No rule prohibits Halep from competing in or attending any sanctioned event during the period of her provisional suspension. A fight for the truth begins today, she wrote. [Simona](/topic/simona)Halep addressed the suspension. [WADA](/topic/wada)has listed the substance as prohibited in its prohibited list for 2022. In September, Simona Halep announced on Twitter that she would end her season early after undergoing nose surgery.
The Romanian has denied any wrongdoing. From Agassi to Sharapova to Hingis, some of the game's biggest stars have tested positive for prohibited substances.
The French player had his possible one-year ban reduced to two-and-a-half months after successfully convincing a panel that he had been inadvertently ingested cocaine after kissing a woman in a nightclub. "Frustrated and angry", Hingis said at a press conference that she was "100 percent innocent", calling the accusations "so horrendous, so monstrous". The Swiss star though made a second comeback in 2013 and scaled the No 1 ranking in doubles. Sharapova's initial two-year ban was reduced to 15 months after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Her sample was found to have traces of the banned substance Roxadustat, but has claimed innocence and vowed to fight "for the truth". Dressed in black for one of the most dramatic off-court moments in tennis history, the Russian star revealed she had failed a dope test at the 2016 Australian Open.