Former world primary Simona Halep says she is assured of a return to tennis after her enchantment in opposition to a four-year doping ban was heard by the Court docket of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
Halep was suspended after an impartial tribunal mentioned she dedicated “intentional” anti-doping violations.
The three-day listening to for the previous Wimbledon champion concluded on Friday.
“I had the prospect to indicate my defence and I actually consider that the reality goes to come back out,” Halep mentioned.
Halep, 32, was banned in September by the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company (ITIA) following two separate doping infractions.
She examined constructive for roxadustat after the US Open in 2022, whereas irregularities have been additionally present in her athlete organic passport, used to observe chosen organic variables over time, in a separate anti-doping breach that yr.
Halep, who can be unable to play skilled tennis till 6 October 2026 if the ban is upheld, insists she is harmless and has claimed specialists discovered she had by accident taken a contaminated complement.
She has beforehand mentioned that the ban will seemingly finish her profession whether it is upheld, and mentioned she would combat to clear her title of the “false allegations”.
Talking to reporters exterior Cas in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday, she mentioned: “The day to be on court docket goes to be quickly.”
Halep has blamed contaminated licensed dietary supplements for her constructive check on the US Open, and accused the ITIA of charging her with an ABP violation after the group of specialists who assessed her profile realized her identification.
Howard Jacobs, Halep’s lawyer, mentioned Cas had heard her arguments nevertheless it was unclear when the court docket will difficulty its ruling.
Halep, who received the French Open in 2018 and Wimbledon the next yr, was ranked primary on this planet in 2017 and 2018 and has earned £32.2m in prize cash.
