Simona Halep tells the AP she was nervous about returning to tennis after her doping ban appeal

Flying to Florida for the Miami Open, where she would be playing in a professional tennis match for the first time in 1 1/2 years after a doping ban was reduced on appeal, Simona Halep turned to her mother and offered a bit of a confession. “I'm very nervous,” Halep, a two-time...

The number of suspicious tennis matches decreased in 2023. There were none at Grand Slam tournaments

LONDON (AP) — The number of suspicious tennis matches around the world went down for the second consecutive year, and there were none at any of the four Grand Slam tournaments in 2023, according to an annual review by the International Tennis Integrity Agency released Friday. The...

Simona Halep returns from an overturned doping ban with a loss to Paula Badosa at the Miami Open

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep returned to professional tennis after getting her doping suspension reduced on appeal, playing her first match in about 1 1/2 years on Tuesday — a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 loss to Paula Badosa at the Miami Open. Halep...

Simona Halep will return to action at the Miami Open after appealing her doping suspension

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Simona Halep will return to tennis at the Miami Open this month after winning her appeal of a doping suspension and having the penalty reduced from four years to nine months. “Thank you to the tournament for giving me this opportunity and I cannot wait...

Why was Simona Halep’s doping suspension reduced? And when can she return to playing tennis?

Simona Halep is allowed to resume her tennis career whenever she wants, now that a four-year doping suspension was reduced by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to nine months — and the two-time Grand Slam champion already has missed more time than that. “I cannot wait to return...

Grand Slam champ Simona Halep wins doping case on appeal and is cleared to resume tennis

GENEVA (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports' highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test at the 2022 U.S. Open. On court, the former top-ranked Halep beat Serena...

Tennis champion Simona Halep cleared to return by court cutting doping ban on appeal

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Tennis champion Simona Halep cleared to return by court cutting doping ban on appeal.