The announcement of the suspension of Iga Swiatek for doping by Itia (International Tennis Integrity Agency) awakens old demons in Simona Halep. The Romanian woman has difficulty understanding the merits of the difference in treatment between her case and that of the Polish woman. Halep was initially suspended four years after testing positive for roxadustat, a sanction ultimately reduced to nine months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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“I'm sitting and trying to understand,” Halep wrote on her Instagram account, “but it's really impossible for me to understand something like this. Why is there such a big difference in treatment and judgment? I don't find and don't think there can be a logical answer. This can only be bad will on the part of Iita, the organization that did absolutely everything to destroy me despite the evidence. »
Healthy anger that doesn't stop there. “How is it possible that in identical cases taking place at approximately the same time, the ITIA has completely different approaches to my detriment,” the player wonders. How could I accept that the WTA and the players' council did not want to give me the ranking that I deserved! »
The Romanian is now 877th in the world. Iga Swiatek is still 2nd and was able to play the Masters and the BJK Cup at the end of the season. There is indeed something to be angry about.
