"If Simona Halep was American, nothing is published" - Outspoken Ilie Nastase raises eyebrows with controversial claim surrounding Halep's failed drugs test

Outspoken former player Ilie Nastase suggests in a new interview that Halep was busted simply because of her nationality.

Simona Halep tested positive for a banned substance at the US Open and the Romanian player has been provisionally banned from tennis until her situation gets cleared. She released a statement denying deliberate intake announcing that she'll fight for the truth.

Fellow Romanian Nastase dorpped a bombshell news about that the whole situation:

“I can’t tell you anything because I don’t know the details. Only Simona can answer! On the other hand, if Simona Halep was American, nothing is published. Nothing at all.”

He continued:

“I know from sources close to world tennis the cases of two athletes about whom nothing was ever written on this topic, although they would have been in similar situations. If their names had been in the press, the tennis sponsor or sponsors would have gone home the next day!”

It's not the first time he's made bold claims before as he claimed five years ago that Serena Williams might use enhancing substances due to her 'physical appereance'.