Simona Halep  gets provisional drug ban.


Simona Halep gets provisional drug ban

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Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep

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Provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency

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Simona Halep gets provisional drug ban

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After Failing a drug test during the U.S. Open in August

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The ITIA announced the punishment Friday for Halep, a former No. 1 player

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She won Wimbledon in 2019, beating 23-time major champion Serena Williams

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Halep called the news of her positive test “the biggest shock of my life,"

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Facing such an unfair situation, I feel completely confused and betrayed.”

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“I will fight until the end to prove that I never knowingly took any prohibited substance

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Halep wrote, “and I have faith that sooner or later, the truth will come out.”

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