Simona Halep has concluded her three-day experience at the Court of Arbitration for Sport regarding her doping case, and she's hoping for a positive outcome.
Halep is away from tennis right now due to her doping ban, which was confirmed last year as a four-year ban from the sport. Due to the nature of the ban and her age, it was likely a death sentence to her career, which would have been a terrible way to end a storied career.
The Romanian wanted to fight that ruling in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and the case has been going on for the past few days. There was a three-day hearing regarding the case, and everything now is in the hands of the court.
They either can uphold the initial ruling, effectively ending her career, or dismiss it completely, hopefully allowing the Romanian to return to the sport.
In the meantime, Halep has been diligently practicing all this time, showing her confidence that ultimately, 'the truth will prevail' as she likes to say. During the trial process, the Romanian seemed to be confident, and despite initially refusing to comment on the hearing, she talked to the media after it was over.
"I can't tell you absolutely anything about what happened at the hearing, but I can say that this hearing gave me the chance to present my defense."
The former world no. 1 is confident that her name will be cleared, and she will certainly hope to return to the tennis courts and the WTA Tour as soon as possible, as will her fans.
"I want to tell you that my confidence is intact regarding the truth. I'm very confident that the truth will come out and it will be proven that I never intended to dope and I never did."
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