Simona Halep reveals she is a fan of Iga Swiatek's tennis, to the purpose the place she enjoys carefully observing the way in which the Pole performs and analyzing it.
The Romanian, a former two-time Grand Slam champion, picked up a knee damage shortly after being cleared to return from her doping final yr. And after lacking the beginning of 2025, the previous world No. 1 introduced that she determined to play yet another time in Cluj-Napoca and say goodbye to tennis in entrance of her residence followers.
Since retiring from professional tennis, Halep has had extra time for herself and to discover some new hobbies. In an interview with Romanian media, the 33-year-old was requested if she nonetheless watches tennis. That's when the previous tennis star revealed that she watched Swiatek annihilating Amanda Anisimova 6-0 6-0 within the Wimbledon remaining.
Halep: Swiatek is an entire participant… Positions and strikes excellently
"I don’t watch a lot tennis, however sometimes, I do tune in to matches. I actually like Swiatek as a result of she’s an entire participant. I watched the Wimbledon remaining since I used to be in London to attend the match. She has glorious positioning and strikes very nicely. I’m analyzing issues I by no means used to investigate once I was a participant. I discovered her robust. Earlier than, if you happen to’d requested me to speak about it, I wouldn’t have seen all this," the previous world No. 1 informed Golazo.
Throughout her profession, Halep clashed in opposition to Swiatek 4 instances and so they cut up victories. Of these 4 matches performed, the one which stands was the one which got here in the course of the 2020 French Open – that yr, the Pole crushed the Romanian 6-1 6-2 en path to profitable her maiden Grand Slam title.
Since beating Halep en path to capturing her first Slam, Swiatek has added 5 extra Majors to her assortment and has been one of many prime gamers for years.
