Halep, suspended since October 2022, due to a positive anti-doping test and returned to the circuit last month, last appeared in the WTA rankings on August 28, 2023, when she was ranked 1,138.
On March 5, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced the reduction of Simona Halep’s suspension from four years to nine months.
Unranked due to doping allegations, Halep had to start over.
On March 20, in the first match after a year and a half absence due to suspension, Simona Halep was defeated by Paula Badosa, in the first round at the Miami Open, score 6-1, 4-6, 3-6, after an hour and 58 minutes.
Halep has not entered any competitions this week, according to GSP. “Due to medical reasons”, Simona Halep will not be part of Romania’s Billie Jean King Cup team in the confrontation with Ukraine, scheduled for April 12 and 13, 2024, announced the Romanian Tennis Federation.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek is at the top of the WTA rankings, now having a lead of around 2,800 points over Belarus’s Arina Sabalenka, while she is now 840 points behind third-placed Coco Gauff.
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