Simona Halep of Romania returns to Paula Badosa of Spain during their Miami Open first-round match at Hard Rock Stadium on Tuesday in Miami Gardens, Florida. Si-Mon-ah "from excited flag-waving fans during the wild card's 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 loss to Spain's Paula Badosa, who also complimented the twice Grand Slam champion after the match. "This is not directly at Simona, …
Nevertheless, it will probably feel like a win for Halep to have been participating in the Miami Open in the first place. In September, she had been served a four-year ban by the International Tennis Integrity Agency, who found her guilty on two counts: not only of using Roxadustat, a chemical normally used to treat anaemia, but also of showing …
