Simona Halep given four-year ban from tennis over doping offences
Former Wimbledon champion and world number one Simona Halep has been banned for four years for two doping offences.
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Simona Halep, 2-time Grand Slam champion, to appeal 4-year ban in doping case
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday.
Halep banned for four years from tennis for doping violations
Former world number one Simona Halep has been given a four-year suspension from tennis following breaches of the sport's anti-doping programme, the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Tuesday.
Halep banned for four years for doping rule violation
Twice Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned until October 2026 for two separate anti-doping rule violations.
Karolina Pliskova, Victoria Azarenka Win WTA Openers At Rain-Hit Montreal
Former world number ones Karolina Pliskova and Victoria Azarenka advanced after rain delays on Monday's first day of the WTA Montreal Open hardcourt tournament. Czech standout Pliskova beat China's Zhu Lin to book a second-round berth against current world number one Iga Swiatek of Poland, the reigning US and French Open champion. Pliskova, the runner-up at Montreal in 2021, needed two hours and 22 minutes to eliminate Zhu 6-3, 6-7 (8/10), 6-2.
Banned blood booster a challenge for anti-doping authorities - expert
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'My Most Painful Loss': Tearful Ons Jabeur Vows To End Grand Slam Misery
Tearful Wimbledon runner-up Ons Jabeur described her third defeat in a Grand Slam final as the "most painful" of her career as she vowed to learn from the tennis greats who were also jinxed at the majors. World number six Jabeur was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday, one year after she lost the Wimbledon final to Elena Rybakina. More pain followed at the US Open later in the year where she was runner-up again, this time to Iga Swiatek. The 28-year-old is only the eighth woman to lose her first three Grand Slam finals. However, she can take comfort from knowing that the likes of Chris Evert, Kim Clijsters and Simona Halep also suffered the same fate before going on to capture Grand Slam titles.
Down goes Iga: Svitolina defeats top-ranked Swiatek to reach Wimbledon semifinals
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