Tennis-Halep accepts Miami Open wildcard after doping ban reduced


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 08 Mar 2024

Tennis player Simona Halep of Romania addresses the media, after a hearing for a doping case against her, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - Simona Halep will make her first competitive appearance since winning an appeal over a doping suspension as she accepted a wildcard into this month's Miami Open, the Romanian former world number one said on Thursday.

The 32-year-old Halep, a former Wimbledon and French Open champion, had her four-year doping ban cut to nine months by the top court for global sport this week, making her eligible to return to competition immediately.

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