Simona Halep has been having fun with her time since retiring from professional tennis and continues to be exploring what to do subsequent in her life however hints that it’ll seemingly be one thing not related to sports activities.
After seeing her 2024 comeback being derailed by a knee damage – the identical problem that additionally stored the previous world No. 1 out of this 12 months’s Australian Open – the Romanian determined to stroll away from the sport by taking part in one final time in entrance of her residence followers in Cluj-Napoca final month. For the reason that 33-year-old misplaced to Lucia Bronzetti within the Cluj-Napoca first spherical, precisely a month and a half has handed.Â
“I did not say that I am completely concerned in enterprise or another discipline, I am presently resting and simply need to take pleasure in myself and uncover different issues apart from sports activities. I do not suppose it will likely be associated to sports activities, I do not know what I’ll do. Proper now I simply need to relaxation and luxuriate in every part I’ve completed to this point,” Halep mentioned on the Romanian Sports activities Gala, through Romanian publication Gazeta Sporturilor.
Halep confirms an exhibition, praises Mirra AndreevaÂ
Throughout her look on the Romanian Sports activities Gala, the 2019 Wimbledon winner additionally shared that she would participate in an exhibition match in Iasi in mid-July. Whereas she plans to do extra exhibitions sooner or later, she famous that the Iasi exho is the one one for now in her 2025 schedule.Â
When requested if she watches tennis, Halep revealed that she turned on the Indian Wells closing between Andreeva and Aryna Sabalenka, which the 17-year-old Russian gained 2-6 6-4 6-3. And the Romanian tennis legend was left impressed by the teenage sensation.
“I watched somewhat little bit of the Indian Wells closing and I actually favored how Mirra Andreeva performed. I feel she’s going to be very, superb,” the previous two-time Grand Slam champion mentioned.Â
