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Zach Koons

Simona Halep, Former No. 1, Suspended for Doping Violation

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Former tennis world No. 1 Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended after failing a drug test during the U.S. Open last month, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Friday. 

Halep, a two-time Grand Slam champion and the current No. 9 player in the WTA rankings, tested positive for the banned substance Roxadustat, according to the ITIA. Roxadustat is a drug approved for medical use in the European Union to treat the symptoms of anemia caused by chronic kidney failure, according to the Associated Press.

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