Tennis: Simona Halep cleared to return to tour following doping ban reduction

Former world number one Simona Halep was cleared to resume her tennis career on Tuesday after her four-year

Halep has been out of tennis since the 2022 US Open.

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The 32-year-old, who was suspended last September by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after two

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separate doping infractions the previous year, is free to return immediately having last played at the 2022 US

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Throughout this long and difficult process, I have maintained my belief that the truth would eventually come out

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I am and always have been a clean athlete," Halep said in a statement.

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"I cannot wait to return to the tour," she added.

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