Former Wimbledon winner tested positive for roxadustatSuspension reduced from four years to nine months
Simona Halep’s four-year doping ban has been reduced to nine months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) ruled that Halep was not guilty of intentional doping. Halep will be allowed to immediately resume her career and return to professional tennis.
Halep, a former world No 1 and two-time grand slam champion, had received the suspension after testing positive for roxadustat last September. The ruling marked one of the most significant doping bans in the history of tennis and the sport’s first anti-doping rule violation via the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP) programme. At 32, a four-year ban would have likely meant the end of Halep’s career.