At the moment, Simona is the best Romanian in the WTA ranking – on 23rd place, and last week she occupied the highest position in her career – 22nd.
“It’s a very big progress for me, a very beautiful period, in fact the most beautiful of my life. I didn’t expect that so quickly I would reach the 22nd place or that I would win three titles. Everything came by itself, I I worked hard, focused, serious about what I have to do and the whole game went very well,” said the Romanian player, exclusively for Digi Sport.
After the three successes carried over in a month, Halep felt the sustained effort and abandoned in the tournament in Bastad (Sweden).
“I had pain in my back, in my spine. My muscles were very tired, I had many matches, the mental consumption was high. Now I’m fine and I’m glad it wasn’t serious. I could get injured and I had a very hard time until I was recovering.” , revealed our athlete.
The player born in Constanta spoke about the last Grand Slam of the year – the US Open, but also about the preparations for the next two months on the world circuit.
“I’m preparing for the season in America – it will be a very hard season on hard, the surface is very hard, but I hope to cope ok.
I have an advantage at the US Open because I am the favorite and I don’t meet other favorites in the first two matches. I hope to pass as much as possible, to win as many matches as possible. I don’t have any clear goal because in tennis you don’t know what will happen tomorrow in training or in the match,” detailed Simona.
Although her idol in tennis is Justine Henin, among the active players, Simona admires the holder of the first place in the world – the American Serena Williams. In their only direct match since 2013, in Rome, the athlete from the USA prevailed 6-3 and 6-0.
“Her playing style is complete, she plays technically, she has nice and good tactics. I played with her, she has more strength than all of us, especially me. I would borrow her mentality and her attitude on the pitch – she is very ambitious and fight for every point.” , Halep concluded.
