During this day, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed that the former world number one was to be out of competition for four years. The American remembered the lost final at Wimbledon in 2019.
Today, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed that an independent court has suspended Romanian tennis player Simona Halep for a period of four years after violating the Tennis Anti-Doping Program ( TADP) for the consumption of roxadustate, a compound used for the treatment of anemia, but which is on the WADA list of banned substances because it is considered a blood doping agent, which increases hemoglobin and production of red blood cells.
“Halep, 31, a two-time Grand Slam champion, was charged with two separate TADP violations. The first involved an Adverse Analytical Finding (FAA) for the banned substance roxadustate during the 2022 US Open, conducted through periodic urine testing during competition. The second accusation was related to irregularities in Halep’s Athlete Biological Passport (ABP), the entity said in a statement.
The news hit the tennis world. More for the women, who closely followed the severe sanction against the former world number one. One of the first to respond was Serena Williams, who competed alongside the Romanian for much of her career.
The thing is that Serena Williams does not forget one of the defeats she suffered the most against Halep, in the final of a Grand Slam. At Wimbledon in 2019, the Romanian won with a resounding 6-2, 6-2.
For this reason, the American, once the resolution was known, launched an acidic Twitter about the number of Wimbledons she could have under her belt. “8 is a better number” emphatically emphasized Williams, who, at the same time, also liked a tweet in which he talks about “disappointment”. “Half of your heroes during your sports career cheated,” Williams retweeted.
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