Grand slam winner Simona Halep suspended after failed drug test

SUSPENDED: Simona Halep has failed a drug test. Pic: John Walton/PA

Two-time grand slam champion Simona Halep failed a doping test at the US Open, the International Tennis Integrity Agency has announced.

The world number nine tested positive for the anti-anaemia drug Roxadustat in New York and has been provisionally suspended.