The Romanian Simona Halepformer world number one who is trying to return to the circuit’s elite after serving a doping ban, has received an invitation to participate in the qualifying phase of the next Australian Open tennis. A finalist in Melbourne in 2018, Halep hasn’t played there in three years.
In October 2022, he tested positive for an anti-doping test that resulted in a four-year ban., decreased after of TAS for nine months. He raced again in March of this year, with only one win since then. She is ranked 877 in the WTA rankings.
The list of participants in the preliminary phase was opened by the American Alycia Parks, 78th in the world, and includes the Spanish Nuria Párrizas, Sara Sorribes, Rebeka Masarova, Leyre Romero, Aliona Bolsova, Guiomar Maristany, Marina Bassols and Irene Burillo.
On the men’s list, among the guests is Cruz Hewitt. He is the son of Lleyton Hewitt, former number one and winner of two ‘greats’ and 27 years ago played his first Australian Open also thanks to passing the qualifying phase. Cruz is 16 years old.
Argentine Federico Coria (100 ATP) is the best of those registered among the qualifiers for the first Grand Slam of 2025where Spaniards Martín Landaluce, Alejandro Moro, Carlos Taberner and Oriol Roca will compete to enter the main draw.
The preliminary phase will be held from January 6 to 9 and will award tournament tickets to 16 men and 16 women.
Source: La Verdad
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