The former Wimbledon champion will need to climb the ladder all over again.
Simona Halep will le ranking because she will hit the 0-point mark, given she won’t be participating in the Montreal tournament, which she won in 2022. The former Wimbledon champion will miss the Canadian Open because the verdict for the doping case hearing was delayed for complexity.Therefore, Simona Halep, when she makes her comeback, will be forced to gather points from ITF tournaments or through wild cards, just as Caroline Wozniacki plans to do now as she slowly gets back into the competition.
Halep knew that ITIA “killed her”
Simona Halep knew she’ll lose all her points when ITIA postponed her doping case hearing for the third time.
“”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 Independent 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.