Tennis

Halep’s right about Swiatek’s small ban but that won’t change her own past

Simona Halep is in action during a tennis demo event for a sports festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, on June 15, 2024.

The two-time Major champion and former world no. 1 is right to feel aggrieved about the differences in treatment after her anti-doping violations compared to others like Iga Swiatek recently. However while she’s still attempting to build back to levels we’ve become accustomed to seeing from her, now 33 and with more than two years’ inactivity, it’s a more draining task than it once was. Continue reading “Halep’s right about Swiatek’s small ban but that won’t change her own past”