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Simona Halep rows with Caroline Wozniacki over doping ban after losing at Miami Open


Simona Halep has hit back at Caroline Wozniacki after the Romanian suggested that she should not have been given a wildcard at the Miami Open. Halep was defeated on her return after the CAS reduced her doping ban from four years to nine months.

Wozniacki said of Halep’s return: “Well, first of all, I’ve always liked Simona. We’ve always had a good relationship,” she told reporters.

“I’ve been very outspoken in the past about how I feel about doping and all of that. I think my view on doping is the same. I have always wanted a clean sport, fair for everybody. I think it’s definitely still my opinion.

“Again, this is not directly at Simona, but if someone purposely cheats, if someone has tested positive for doping… I understand why a tournament wants a big star in the tournament, but it’s my personal belief, and it’s not a knock on anyone, but it’s my personal belief that I don’t think people should be awarded wildcards afterwards.

“If you want to come back, and it’s been a mistake, I understand, you should work your way up from the bottom. That’s my personal opinion upon things.”

“I didn’t do anything wrong. I didn’t cheat. I didn’t dope,” Halep, who has denied taking the banned substance roxadustat intentionally, argued back in her press conference.

“So it’s better if we read the decision from Cas that it was a contaminated supplement, it wasn’t doping. I never had something to do with doping. I never doped, so I’m not a cheater.

“Only one person being negative about me is not that important because I have hundreds of people that giving me love, so I will take that.”

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