Halep sues Canadian company over supplement linked to doping suspension


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 16 Feb 2024

Tennis player Simona Halep of Romania speaks to the media after a hearing for a doping case against her at the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS in Lausanne Switzerland February 9 2024. REUTERSDenis BalibouseFile Photo

Tennis player Simona Halep of Romania speaks to the media, after a hearing for a doping case against her, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world number one Simona Halep is suing the Canadian company that produced a nutritional supplement that she believes led to her being handed a four-year ban for doping that could end her career.

Halep is seeking more than $10 million in damages from Quantum Nutrition, which operates as Schinoussa Superfoods, after testing positive at the 2022 U.S. Open for Roxadustat, a drug often used by people with anaemia.

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