Simona Halep abandoned the match played with McCartney Kessler, in the first round of the WTA 125 Trophee Clarins, after injuring her knee. The Romanian retired at the score of 7-5, 2-3.
Cristian Tudor Popescu, after Simona Halep’s new injury: “She didn’t train”
After Halep was injured in the first match on clay played after escaping the suspension, Cristian Tudor Popescu declared himself “unpleasantly surprised” and believes that the tennis player neglected her training during the time she was away from the courtSimona hits as we know her. She still has the lapel, it’s very good, it’s her parade shot. He hits with his right hand well… On the other hand, this is the second match in which his “carcass” fails, his muscles, shoulder, and joints fail.
This surprises me. I can only conclude that she didn’t train as physically as I thought. This is the situation”, said Cristian Tudor Popescu, for GSP.CTP: “That’s how long it lasts, a set and a half”
The journalist believes that, at the moment, Simona Halep cannot last more than a set and a half in an official match, and the solution to this problem can be the presence in as many games as possible to get back in shape.
Because he would have come to Roland Garros after playing two replay matches, matches that he lost. And he lost them without any right of appeal!
Why receive it at Roland Garros? Which is no longer the Clarins Trophy! Why receive at Roland Garros, a Grand Slam. So what? To lose in the first round, again after a set and a half?
Under no circumstances do I think that the Roland Garros organizers can be accused of not giving Simona a wild card, added Cristian Tudor Popescu.