Halep free to return after four-year doping ban reduced by CAS

05 Mar

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Simona Halep of Romania in action against Polona Hercog of Slovenia during the first round of the Prague Open in 2020. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday reduced the four-year doping ban imposed on Romania's former world number one Simona Halep to nine months, which she has already served.

The 32-year-old was suspended for four years last September by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after two separate doping infractions the previous year.

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