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IMAGE: Simona Halep described the ban as the “biggest shock of her life”. Photograph: Dan Istitene\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n Two-times major winner Simona Halep of Romania has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the banned substance roxadustat, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) said on Friday.<\/p>\n Halep, ranked ninth in the world, was tested during the US Open and both her A and B samples confirmed the presence of the drug.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n “Simona Halep, a 31-year-old Romanian tennis player, has been provisionally suspended under Article 7.12.1 of the 2022 Tennis Anti-Doping Programme (TADP),” the body said in a statement.<\/p>\n “The sample was split into A and B samples and the subsequent analysis found that the A sample contained FG-4592 (Roxadustat), which is a prohibited substance listed in the 2022 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.”<\/p>\n Halep described the ban as the “biggest shock of her life”.<\/p>\n “Throughout my whole career, the idea of cheating never even crossed my mind once, as it is totally against all the values I have been educated with. Facing such an unfair situation, I feel completely confused and betrayed,” she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<\/p>\n News From This Website <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"