After retiring from tennis, Simona Halep announced that she will start a new sport.
Our athlete stated that she will start taking golf lessons, a sport recommended to Romanians in the past by President Klaus Iohannis.
"I no longer want responsibility, I no longer want plans, I no longer want a strict schedule. I want to go play golf, that's my goal, to learn how to play. To go to the gym daily, take care of my body. I know everyone gains weight when they quit sports (laughs). I have some personal goals. But I wouldn't want to have big plans for a while," said Simona Halep for Treizecizero.ro.
Additionally, Simona stated that she will focus on family life in the upcoming period, as she wishes to become a mother.
"I want to be a mother. A good mother, like my mother. I want to have children, when the time is right. But I want to be normal. Because in these 30 years, since I've been playing, I've been a high-performance athlete, I haven't been a normal person. And now the time has come to discover other things," added Simona.
It is worth mentioning that Simona Halep announced her definitive retirement from tennis on Tuesday, after being eliminated from the Transylvania Open.
Simona Halep had an impressive career in tennis. She won two Grand Slam titles, Roland Garros 2018 and Wimbledon 2019, played in three other finals (two at Roland Garros and one at the Australian Open). Our athlete was the world No. 1 in the WTA rankings for 64 weeks.
In 2022, Simona Halep tested positive for Roxadustat after a match in the first round of the US Open against Daria Snigur on August 29. Since then, a dark period began for Simona. Initially, ITIA imposed a four-year suspension on the Romanian, reduced to just nine months by TAS.
Halep returned to tennis in March 2024, after a year and a half on the sidelines, provisionally suspended, awaiting the ITIA verdict. Since then, Simona Halep has played six matches and won only one, against Arina Rodionova in Hong Kong in October 2024.