Simona Halep faces second doping charge and backlash from tennis fans.
Former world No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep, who has been provisionally suspended since October 2021 after allegedly testing positive for a banned substance, has been hit with a second and separate doping charge by the International Tennis Integrity Agency due to "irregularities" in her biological passport. Halep has denied any wrongdoing and accused the ITIA of harassment, claiming that her sample that tested positive for Roxadustat had been established as a contaminated sample. The 31-year-old's hearing is scheduled for the end of May.