Simona Halep will make her return to tennis in Miami after receiving a wildcard for the tournament.
The Romanian hasn’t played competitively for 19 months with her last appearance being a first round defeat to Daria Snigur at the 2022 US Open.
After her appearance in New York, Halep would be banned for four years from competitive tennis after failing a doping test.
A lengthy appeal process followed from Halep which eventually saw her ban reduced by the Court Of Arbitration For Sport to nine months, therefore allowing her to resume competitive tennis with immediate effect.
It hasn’t taken long for Halep to make her next step as the Romanian announced on Instagram that she has received a wildcard for the Miami Open.
It will be interesting to see what shape Halep is in as it would have made more logical sense for the former Roland Garros Champion to begin her comeback on clay.
The 32 year-old has made nine appearances in Miami and her best performance has been reaching the semi-finals in 2015 and 2019.
Time will tell whether Halep can repeat her past success with the Miami Open starting on the 19th of March.
