Halep explodes over Swiatek's case: "How is it possible that different actions are taken in identical cases...?"

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A scandal of colossal proportions is what the world of tennis is facing with Iga Swiatek's doping positive. For the second time this year, a top tennis player finds themselves embroiled in controversy over doping, and the treatment they receive from the ITIA raises many suspicions. Simona Halep did not hesitate to express her indignation at the double standard authorities apply in managing her case versus Iga's.

From the moment information regarding Iga Swiatek's doping positive, the reasons behind it, and the way the ITIA handled it emerged, a wave of outrage swept through fans and players. One who can speak with great frustration is Simona Halep, who spent years off the court due to a doping case very similar to the Polish player's and sees the vast difference in treatment between them.

"I'm trying to understand this, but it's truly impossible for me. I can only ask myself how there can be such a huge disparity in the management and resolution. I can't find, and I don't believe there is, a logical answer; it can only be ill intent on the part of the ITIA, the organization that did everything in its power to ruin me, despite the evidence I presented," explains the Romanian, whose career was abruptly halted by a provisional suspension that kept her off the courts for a long time.

- Halep strongly criticizes the ITIA and the WTA Players' Council

There are significant similarities between both cases, making it hard to understand why they have been managed so differently. "I always believed in goodness and justice; the whole process was very painful for me, and I can only wonder how in two identical cases, the ITIA handled them in completely different ways. How can I accept that the WTA and the Players' Council didn't want my return with the ranking I had when it all started, as I deserved?" she comments.

"I lost two years of my career, many sleepless nights, dark thoughts, anxiety, unanswered questions, but I won. I proved it was a contamination and that the biological passport was a mere invention. And I gained something more: to keep my conscience clear and clean. I have felt frustrated and disappointed, but never guilty. I am proud of who I am," says Simona Halep, who expresses gratitude for all the support and affection received, considering it her "greatest victory" in life.

Simona Halep with some STRONG words on Instagram.

“Why is there such a big difference in treatment and judgment? (…) the ITIA has done absolutely everything to destroy me”. pic.twitter.com/FrFCciWzSL

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) November 29, 2024

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