Halep, punished for four years for doping, wins in court and can play again. The TAS reduces the sanction to the former number one to nine months.

Halep will be able to reappear immediately, given that the nine-month exclusion applies to the period between October 7, 2022 and July 6, 2023, as determined by the Lausanne court. Darren Cahill: “There is no possibility, no possibility that Simona has knowingly or deliberately taken any prohibited substance”