Simona Halep could return to the US Open, two years after she was provisionally suspended from world tennis following the roxadustat doping scandal in which she was involved against her will.
The former world leader in the women’s hierarchy claims that she is mentally fit for a comeback to the competition across the Ocean, but she does not know how it will be physically, after facing many medical problems in recent months.
Two years ago, Simona Halep lost in the first round at the US Open to the Ukrainian Daria Snigur in a match in which she had won a set 6-0, and at the end of that match she tested positive for roxadustat.
“Thank you! I hope I’ll be fine. Anything counts. I’m mentally fit to play, I want to, but I also want to be good physically,” Simona Halep told Sport.ro.
Turneul de Mare Șlem de la US Open din acest an va avea loc în perioada 26 august – 8 septembrie.
This year’s US Open Grand Slam tournament will take place from August 26 to September 8.
“I will be criticized, but…”. Simo gave the answer that gives Romanians shivers
Winner of two Grand Slam tournaments in her career, Simona Halep is of the opinion that Romanians will not have the chance to see a Romanian athlete triumph again at a major world tennis competition.
“It’s a difficult question, because it will be interpreted in many directions. I hope as soon as possible. It’s not easy, you have to have a chance, to be serious, to have a very strong desire and the necessary madness.
I will be criticized, maybe, but I don’t see it. I’m honest and I say that I don’t see, at this moment,” declared Simona Halep, preferring honesty before everything,” Simona also said to the source cited above.