Returning to the court after a year and seven months in which she was suspended for doping, Simona Halep told, in an interview for the Tennis Channel, about the moment when she was detected positive for roxadustat.
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Simona Halep and the suspension for doping: “It was like a truck hit me”
Double Grand Slam champion and former WTA leader, Halep compared the shock of the announcement of the detection of a banned substance to being hit by a truck.
“It was as if a truck had hit me. When I got the email, I was like, ‘It’s a mistake. It can not be true’. Yes, it was very painful when this happened and I never thought I could live like this.
It was very, very difficult, primarily because I didn’t know how it happened. Then when I discovered the tainted supplement, it was a little better because at least you know what happened. But yes, still, it was a disaster to experience this emotion” – Simona Halepin an interview with the Tennis Channel.
To know:
About Simona Halep’s doping case
- Simona’s case was heard by Sport Resolutions, the independent tribunal in London that handles doping cases in white sport.
- On August 29, 2022, Simona Halep would play her last official match on the world circuit. At the US Open, in the inaugural round, our athlete was surprisingly defeated by Daria Snigur (ranked 124th in the WTA at that time, coming from the qualifications).
