Simona Halep is with Cristina Neagu, after the handyman announced that he will retire from performance sports. What advice did the former WTA leader give to the quadruple “Golden Ball” in women’s handball.
What message did Simona Halep have for Cristina Neagu: “Enjoy life”
The news that Neagu is giving up handball also reached the ears of Simona Halep. As from champion to champion, Simona, the tennis player with the best results in the history of Romania, sent a message to Cristina, who is nicknamed the “Messi” of handball.
There is life after sports and I wish her health, because that is the most important thing and to enjoy life” , was the message that Simona Halep sent her.
The former WTA leader successfully overcame the doping scandal
The double Grand Slab winner also spoke about the doping scandal in which she was involved. In the spring of this year, CAS decided to reduce Simona Halep’s sentence from four years to nine months.
Six months away from that moment, Halep claims to have passed the hardest period of her career and is preparing intensively to return to the WTA circuit. The athlete from Constanța received an invitation to the tournament in Hong Kong, where she will play in October.
“Now I feel good. It’s a subject I want to put behind me. It was, it passed. I won the trial, I proved that I was not guilty of anything, and now I’m waiting to return to the field”,said the former WTA leader.
Why is Cristina Neagu retiring? He played for years with pain
Cristina Neagu (36 years old) announced that she will retire from handball at the end of the 2024-2025 season. Although she is still considered one of the best players in the world, the announcement was not a surprising one. Throughout his career, “Messi” has suffered terrible injuries, which are now taking their toll.
FANATIK exclusively revealed that one of the reasons behind his retirement is the pain he has to play with and has had to endure in recent years after coming back from career-threatening injuries.