Simona Halep fell to the 40th position in the official WTA ranking this week after continuing to be held outside the courts after the doping accusations. This position is the worst Simona was ever in since June 2013. “Simona Halep has not been outside the WTA Top 30 since June 201
Simona Halep fell to the 40th position in the official WTA ranking this week after continuing to be held outside the courts after the doping accusations. This position is the worst Simona was ever in since June 2013. “Simona Halep has not been outside the WTA Top 30 since June 2013.
On June 17, 2013, Simona Halep was ranked 45th in the world ranking,” notes the Romanian publication DigiSport. But things are about to get worse as the Romanian keeps losing points accumulated in the last year. Next week, Halep is set to fall to position 50.
Halep got back to training on hard courts
Despite ITF not letting her play, Simona Halep started training in France. She was recently seen exchanging shots with fellow WTA Ukrainian star Marta Kostyuk. In a message posted at the end of May, Halep said she is feeling disrespected by the way the ITIA have been conducting their investigation.
“Once again, tonight, I am devastated. The ITF (ITIA) has once again, for the third time postponed my hearing one month later! I am waiting to be judged since last October. In December, I have finally been able, thanks to experts, to show that the lot of the supplement I was using had been contaminated, which caused the positive control.
I have asked, as the rules of the anti-doping state it, for a quick hearing: this is my right, it is written in the rules! Unfortunately, the ITF (ITIA) has postponed my hearing three times. Denying me the right to be judged by an Independant Tribunal.
– Not allowing me to participate into any tournament for 8 months. Now I know that I will have missed the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Not to mention that I will have lost all my points and my ranking. Not only they are killing my reputation, but also me as a professional player, and I don’t even talk about the consequences on my mental health.
This disrespect of the rules by the ITF (ITIA) regarding the fast hearing I am entitled to have, is so disrespectful to me that I have no more words,” Halep said in a statement.
