Simona Halep has been cleared to make her return to competition following a lengthy and stressful battle to fight a doping ban.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport recently ruled that Halep’s intake of the blood-boosting prohibited substance, roxadustat, was not intentional. This decision led to a reduction of her doping ban from four years to nine months, a period that has already elapsed. Halep tested positive for roxadustat on August 29, 2022, during the US Open, which prompted her to fight a draining battle to prove her innocence, attributing the incident to a contaminated supplement.