Tara Moore emotional after making Wimbledon return following doping case ordeal

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Moore’s Wimbledon comeback alongside Sarah Beth Grey ended swiftly in a 6-1 6-2 loss to third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, but the result was not the source of the tears that followed. “It’s incredibly difficult coming back and reliving everything because every time you come on court you know how special it is because you’ve been taken out of the game not on your terms. Time is precious.” Moore was not the first player to fall foul of contaminated meat in South America but that did not stop the case dragging on even longer than that of Simona Halep, whose own high-profile provisional suspension overshadowed Moore’s. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.” Players serving doping suspensions are not able even to enter official tennis facilities, so Moore, who lives in the United States, earned money by coaching beginners on public courts for up to 10 hours a day.