"There is no way she's cheating" - Darren Cahill dismisses Halep's doping scandal

| by Balasz Virag

Former coach Darren Cahill is adamant that Simona Halep is not cheating ahead of her pivotal hearing case this month where she'll present her case.

Simona Halep is currently provisionally suspended and unable to play tennis. It came after a banned substance was detected in her urine sample after her US Open R1 loss. She provided a second sample which showed the same thing after she was suspended.

Her quest to prove her innocence began since then and former coach Darren Cahill never doubted her words, as he said also on The Big Deal podcast. Halep claims she's unaware of the way the substance entered her body and it wasn't deliberately.

I think a lot about Simona and I feel bad every time I think about the experiences she goes through. I don't have much news, but I understand there will be a hearing in February that will give her a chance to present her case.

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He came out in support of her immediately as the news broke adamantly claiming that she would never take anything suspended. He also noted how obsessively careful she was checking everything multiple times before even thinking of taking a supplement.

I made a statement about Simona Halep's case and I'm willing to die next to those words because of her integrity and her DNA. There's no way she's cheating. She is a great woman and a great person. There's no way she could have done the wrong thing.


Fans are eagerly awaiting any kind of news.

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