I’ve been away from home for 8 days, but they passed quickly. I trained well in Sigapore, I feel good! The hardest was at the draw, when I was on my feet for five hours, on heels! I feel ready, tough matches, but he wants me to give my best. I’m looking forward to getting on the court, playing my best tennis. In any case, it won’t be easy!”, says Simo. Simona Halep prefaces the Tournament of Champions 2017. “I will have to run a lot. They are playing crazy tennis” “It is a group in which I will have to run a lot. All the players move very well, I don’t have big hitters in the group. Yes, Garcia hits a little harder. They are players who run very well, who are very consistent, they don’t necessarily have a decisive shot, but they are players who press you and push you to the back of the court. Everyone works pretty hard for points, I don’t have female players in the group who decisively hit all the balls like they are in the other group. I will have to make my style of play and work for every point. So it will definitely be a tough group with tough matches. But we have here the eight best players in the world and they all play ‘crazy tennis’.
Simona Halep prefaces the 2017 Tournament of Champions: “I have no stress” “I don’t feel the pressure of the WTA 1st place. I’m happy inside, but outside of my soul, I feel the same way. I want to work harder because it will be difficult to keep the position. It will be difficult, many girls have a chance to take this position from me. I think about myself, about my game, but I don’t feel any stress. I enjoy tennis, I hope to be relaxed on the court”, added the woman from Constanta.
Simona Halep prefaces the Tournament of Champions 2017. “It’s a lot to surpass Steffi Graf” The German Steffi Graf spent 377 weeks at number 1 in the WTA, being the longest-serving champion: “It’s a lot, I hope, but I don’t think I can match her, it seems impossible! We can’t compare ourselves, we better compare ourselves and try to push our limits. I know Steffi, I met her in Vegas, at Darren Cahill’s training. She was there with her husband, Andre Agassi. They both gave me good advice.”
