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The International Tennis Integrity Agency, through an official statement, announced that Simona Halep will have to serve a four-year disqualification. The facts date back to last season, when the Romanian tested positive for one of the substances prohibited by the regulations after the US Open: Roxadustat.The independent tribunal established by Sport Resolutions, despite having supported Halep’s thesis that it was a contaminated supplement, established that the quantity of substance ingested could not have determined the concentration of Roxadustat found in the positive sample.Due to the grotesque situation that led Halep to have to wait a year to receive the sentence, many tennis players sided with the Romanian.John Millman told: “The ITIA delays in regards to Simona Halep’s case is a disgrace.
One way or the other she shouldn’t be constantly mucked around like this. I’m a little surprised more on the WTA, admin and players, haven’t ‘t come out condemning the process. It’s been a joke. Simona is in tennis purgatory due to constant delays in proceedings from the ITIA.
Her colleagues should have her back and broadcast it in the public forum. Allowing her a proper and…
