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As in the case of Simona Halep, the coach of Jannik Sinner, Darren Cahill, expressed his considerations on the case of the British tennis player Tara Moore, scandalously suspended for doping in 2022 and subsequently acquitted, as doping substances would have been found in a contaminated meal consumed before the doping test.
“This time sequence is so bad. Tara will take 18-24 months to recover her position in the ranking, if everything goes perfectly. Tennis is a unique sport in which we are swept away and we go back to zero after 12 months. The WTA should restore its ranking or at least provide temporary rankings,” wrote the coach of the young Italian tennis player on X.
This timeline is so bad. It’ll take Tara 18-24 months to recover her rankings if everything goes perfectly. Tennis is a unique sport where we are wiped out & back to zero after 12 months. The @WTA should reinstate her rankings or at very least provide provisional rankings 🙏 https://t.co/wYpjmsQAq3 — Darren Cahill (@darren_cahill) December 24, 2023
What happened
In April 2022 Tara Moore, together with another colleague, Barbara Gatica, was positive for the Boldenone anabolic steroid…
