Simona Halep: Former world number one provisionally suspended for doping offence

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Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended from tennis after testing positive for a banned substance.

The Romanian former world number one tested positive for roxadustat at the US Open in August.

Roxadustat increases the production of oxygen-carrying red blood cells through the endogenous production of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO).

Halep, 31, said it came as the “biggest shock of her life”.

More to follow.

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