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Simona Halep claims that the third doping case hearing's postponement violates her rights

Posted : 23 May 2023
Tennis' anti-doping agency has been accused by former world number one Simona Halep of publicly declaring one thing while secretly doing another by asking for another postponement in her hearing.
 
A second doping offence was brought against Halep last week due to "irregularities" in her biological passport.
 
The 31-year-old Romanian has been on probation since October after testing positive at the US Open for a prohibited drug.
 
Separate from the first accusation for which she has already been suspended is the second.
 
The 2019 Wimbledon champion Halep announced on Twitter that the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has asked for a third postponement.
 
Halep, who denies the charges, said she was "extremely shocked and disappointed by the ITIA's attitude".
 
"While the ITIA via their representative Nicole Sapstead was publicly stating three days ago that the ITIA 'has remained committed to engaging Mrs Halep in an empathetic, efficient and timely manner', they were at the same time officially requesting the tribunal to delay my hearing... for the third time," Halep said.
 
"The ITIA publicly states one thing while privately doing another, I have repeatedly asked for my hearing and the ITIA has repeatedly sought to delay it.
 
"When is it going to stop? I ask the question once again. I am entitled to a quick hearing. Acting this way is contrary to my rights."
 
Patrick Mouratoglou, Halep's coach, said that the ITIA had engaged in a "double game" from "day one."
 
After a positive test for the anti-anemia medication roxadustat, which increases the body's synthesis of red blood cells, Halep was suspended last year. She denies intentionally ingesting the illegal chemical.
 

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