We were all at the table when we saw the news on TV. It was a sad moment, it touched me a little bit and affected me, but these things can happen and we can’t control them so it was just a sad moment for me and I’m sorry for what happened,” said Halep, during the press conference held in Rouen.
Simona Halep has repeated several times that Paris is like a second home for her. Especially since the only Grand Slam tournament won by the Romanian so far is the one at Roland Garros.
Over 700 million euros in donations for Notre-Dame Cathedral
Businessmen in France did not remain indifferent to the disaster in Paris. Thus, up to this moment more than 700 million euros have been collected from donations, all for the reconstruction of the Notre-Dame Cathedral.
This amount also includes the donation made by the patron of Rennes, the billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, who offered 100 million euros for the fundraising.
Ilie Năstase, impressed after the Notre-Dame fire
For his part, Ilie Năstase declared himself devastated after the moments in Paris that went around the world.
