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Simona Halep: Wimbledon champion ready to return to tennis 'invigorated'

Former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep has vowed to return to tennis with "renewed vigour and an invigorated spirit" after a four-year doping ban was reduced to nine months.

Halep, 32, saw the original punishment, which left her fearing her career was over, cut after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).

The former world number one is free to return to the tour as soon as possible.

"This ordeal has been a testament to resilience," she said on Instagram.

"The triumph of truth is a bittersweet vindication that, albeit delayed, is immensely gratifying.