Simona Halep (30 years old, 19 WTA) is ready to participate in this year’s edition of the Roland Garros tournament , which will take place from May 22 to June 5, in Paris .
It is the first Grand Slam tournament in which the athlete from Romania will take part alongside Patrick Mouratoglou (51 years old), her new coach .
Casper Ruud, the tennis player who followed Simona Halep: “He builds the points very well”
Casper Ruud (23 years old), the Norwegian ranked eighth in the ATP ranking, revealed that in the past years he was inspired by Simona Halep. He highlighted the qualities possessed by the tennis player from Romania.
” Halep has teamed up with Patrick Mouratoglou, which could be an interesting relationship to watch. A few years ago, when she was at the top of the hierarchy, I always enjoyed watching Simona Halep, because she builds the points very well.
He had a well structured game. She’s not a hard hitter or the strongest girl but she was number one in the world, winning Grand Slams because she was doing the right things ,” Casper Ruud said, according to Tennis 365 .
Simona Halep’s route to Roland Garros 2022
- Round 1: Ana Konjuh
- Round 2: Maryna Zanevska / Qinwen Zheng
- Round 3: Jelena Ostapenko or Alize Cornet
- Best: Iga Swiatek
- Quarters: Jessica Pegula / Ekaterina Alexandrova / Karolina Pliskova / Tamara Zidansek
- Semifinals: Paula Badosa / Elena Rybakina / Danielle Collins / Aryna Sabalenka
- Final: Ons Jabeur / Belinda Bencic / Amanda Anisimova / Garbine Muguruza / Barbora Krejcikova / Petra Kvitova / Maria Sakkari
