Simona Halep was provisionally suspended from competing on the WTA Tour after her positive test for Roxadustat from this year's US Open.
Right after her suspension was announced by ITIA, the Romania released a personal statement. She was soon supported by her former coach Darren Cahill as well as her ex-husband and many other tennis professionals such as Alize Cornet or Sorana Cirstea.
However, Simona Halep's current coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, reacted only with an Instagram story and never released a longer statement where he would share his point of view. Because of that, the French coach was slammed by many fans for not supporting his player and a few days after the announcement of a positive test, Mouratoglou released a full statement that reads:
"First, I want to express how much of a shock our team has been in since Simona informed me about the positive doping test from the US Open. In almost 30 years of working with hundreds of professional athletes, I have never faced a situation like this."
"I appreciate that many people from the tennis world who have closely worked with Simona or have known her personally for many years have spoken up. I want to thank those people for expressing loudly in such an important moment that Simona is a woman of value. Their words of certitude coney a strong message that I stand by."
"Since Simona's positive test last week, I have chosen to stay relatively silent. My priority has been to put my energy into helping her and supporting her in establishing the truth every day."
"Knowing Simona so well, I can assure that she is a model of integrity. She is totally against any form of doping, and I know it has never crossed her mind to take any forbidden substance. I trust her 100%. Together, we will fight to prove the truth."
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