Former world No.1 and two-time grand slam champion Simona Halep is "devastated" a hearing into her positive doping result is taking so long to eventuate.
Halep, 31, has not played professionally since last year's US Open, where a testing sample was later found to contain the banned substance Roxadustat.
Last week the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) charged her with a second offence, alleging irregularities in her athlete biological passport.
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The Romanian star remains provisionally suspended but has maintained her innocence, and is frustrated at how long it's taking for a hearing date to be set.
"Once again tonight I am devastated," she wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
"The ITIA has once again, for the third time, postponed my hearing one month later.
"I am waiting to be judged since last October. In December, I have finally been able - thanks to experts - to show that the lot of the supplement I was using had been contaminated, which caused the positive.
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"I have asked, as the rules of the anti-doping state it, for a quick hearing. This is my right, it is written in the rules.
"Unfortunately the ITIA has postponed my hearing three times.
"Now I know that I will have missed the Australian Open, Roland-Garros and Wimbledon. Not to mention that I will have lost all my points and my ranking.
"Not only are they killing my reputation, but also me as a professional player, and I don't even talk about the consequences on my mental health.
"This disrespect of the rules by the ITIA regarding the fast hearing I am entitled to have, is so disrespectful to me that I have no more words.
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
Halep's coach Patrick Mouratoglou accused the ITIA of "an incredible campaign of harassment" of the player.
In an earlier Twitter post Halep said she was "extremely shocked and disappointed" and accused the ITIA of acting "contrary to my rights".
The ITIA responded with a statement.
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"We have proposed that both charges are heard together to avoid multiple hearings," it said.
"To do this, we wish to provide all parties (including the independent tribunal) sufficient time to consider the significant materials associated with the latest charge."
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