After being suspended following a positive test for roxadustat, Simona Halep has since been able to return to competition at the WTA 1000 in Miami. Now, the Romanian is trying to get her career back on track.
At 32, Simona Halep now hopes to be able to finish her career as she wishes. Indeed, suspended nine months after testing positive for roxadustat, the Romanian had not been seen on a court before her return to competition last March since August 2022, and an entry elimination at the US Open. If she was logically no match for Paula Badosa, during the WTA 1000 in Miami, for her first match in more than a year and a half, the former world number 1 (now 1,149th) returned for L ‘Team on all this and also has his ambitions for the future.
« I thought it would be easier to come back, but it’s complicated. My body has moved on to something else, it’s difficult to get back into rhythm. I started again in Miami, but I wasn’t ready for the competition. I have to be patient and not risk a serious injury,” admitted the person concerned at first.
Halep: “Winning a tournament, I’m very far from it”
“I became a tennis player again and I missed it. I’m happy to be back, but I know the matches will be complicated. (…) It’s clear that my body needs time, but I don’t want to put pressure on myself. I have already done great things and I am satisfied with my career. Now that’s a bonus. Without an invitation, I can’t play. The goal is to get back into rhythm. Winning a tournament, I’m very far from it. We will move forward step by step and see how the body reacts », subsequently explained Halep, during an interview with the French sports daily.
“If I start winning matches again, perhaps I will hire a coach,” also declared the one who will not participate in the next edition of Roland-Garros, about her structure (namely “a training partner and a Romanian physio”).
