Romania Tennis Star and former world number one Simona Halep has retired from Tennis.
Halep announced her retirement from the game after her loss to Lucia Bronzetti at the Transylvania Open taking place in Cluj-Napoca.
She lost to the Italian in two sets 1-6, 1-6.
Speaking after the match Halep stated “I am very much at peace with this decision. I am a very realistic person, and I know what it takes to reach the top. My mind and body can no longer handle that level of effort. I am realistic, and it is time to close this chapter.
“At this moment, I just want to rest. I am an emotionally exhausted professional tennis player. We never know what life has in store for us, but this is a ‘goodbye’ here at home, on the court in Cluj.
“Today, I understand this is the right decision because if you don’t train at 100% daily, you can’t keep up.”
Halep had an illustrious Tennis career winning two grand slams and amasing a total of 24 titles.
She was the WTA World number one for 14.729 months. She will go down as one of the greatest Tennis players to ever grace the court and a role model for the next generation of Romanian Tennis.
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