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Before Simona Halep was heard in the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne last week, former world number one Ilie Nastase had accused tennis authorities of discriminating Halep by not accusing the other players who were trained by Mouratoglou’s staff, including Serena Williams, since Mouratoglou himself took the blame for the roxadustat drug found in Halep’s blood.
“I think they (e.d., Mouratoglou’s staff) included Serena Williams and others. If he gave it to Simona, he certainly gave it to the other players he worked with. I think so, I don’t think Simona Halep is the first to receive this from Mouratoglou,” said Ilie Nastase for orangesport.ro.
Nastase accused Serena of doping in the past
As we’ve reported in 2017, this is not the first time Nastase takes a hit at Serena Williams. “Russia’s image when it comes to sport suffered a lot because of doping, but it’s pretty clear in Serena’s case as well,” Nastase told Digisport.ro.
“Don’t you see how she looks like? No one controls the Americans when it comes to doping. If the truth came to light, all big tournaments would disappear, all sponsors would leave. You can’t even imagine,” the Romanian tennis legend continued.
