Simona Halep started the 2022 season perfectly, with the title won at Melbourne Summer Set 1 , and now she has started preparations for the Australian Open.
Simona Halep recalled, in the Australian press, the edition of the Australian Open in which she had the longest journey, the one in 2018, when she reached the final lost to Caroline Wozniacki , 6-7 (2), 6-3, 4- 6.
Australian Open 2018, the tournament that changed Simona Halep’s career
Simona Halep admitted that that course, in which she had, in addition to the one in the final, two other long and difficult matches, with Lauren Davis, in the third round, 4-6, 6-4, 15-13, and with Angelique Kerber , in the semifinals, 6-3, 4-6, 9-7, gave him confidence that he could go on to win Grand Slam tournaments, which he did just four months later at Roland Garros.
- The match between Simona Halep and Lauren Davis at the Australian Open 2018 lasted three hours and 45 minutes
- It took Simona Halep two hours and 20 minutes to beat Angelique Kerber in the semifinals of the Australian Open 2018
” That 2018 edition gave me the confidence that the next tournament will be mine. I had a lot of confidence in myself and this happened. I felt that I could win any match I played. I felt that I could stay on the field for hours.
That tournament gave me a lot of energy that one day I can win a Grand Slam and that happened. This tournament has an important place in my heart, here I played the longest matches of my career, which I won “, said Simona Halep.
Simona Halep has 23 WTA titles in her career
After winning the Melbourne Summer Set 1, where she was defeated by Veronika Kudermetova in the final, Simona Halep reached 23 career WTA singles titles.
The athlete from Romania, ranked 15th in the WTA, has two Grand Slam trophies in her record, Roland Garros 2018 and Wimbledon 2019.
