Simona Halep announced her return to tennis, at a time when the WTA ranking is pressing and more and more voices are talking about retirement!

On Saturday, August 31, 2024, Simona Halep (32 years old – 1135 WTA) was present at the inauguration of the Berceni Arena Rink, and at the event she also gave the big news about her return to tennis.

After collapsing in the WTA rankings and more and more voices talking about her retirement from the “white sport”, due to the injuries suffered in the last period, Halep wanted to clearly convey that she still has a say in international tennis.

“I missed it very much, morally I am ready to come back!”. Simona Halep, ready to compete again in WTA competitions

Simona Halep has no plans to end the year 2024 with only two official tennis matches played, and during the day of Saturday, August 31, the athlete revealed to reporters what her plans are.

Halep played one match at the Miami Open on March 19, which she lost to Paula Badosa, 6-1, 4-6, 3-6, and another at Trophee Clarins Paris, on May 15, where she dropped the American McCartney Kessler, at the score of 7-5, 2-3.

After this last match, in which he felt pain in his knee, Halep continued to struggle physically, and in mid-July she made a devastating announcement for her fans. Simona Halep has said that she will take an indefinite break from tennis and training in order to help her body recover to 100% capacity.

And on Friday, August 30, Simona Halep is back with an update for her fansthrough a post he made on social networks. Constanțanca posted the first images from training, wanting to show that she is back on the field and that she is once again ready to take part in official competitions.

A day later, on Saturday, on the occasion of her appearance at the inauguration of the Berceni Arena Ice Rink, Simona Halep was asked by reporters on the subject and did not hesitate to confess that he desperately wants to return to the WTA circuit. The former world leader said that at the moment she is at full capacity both morally and physically, and if there are no injuries in the next period, then she could be seen in an official tournament:

I really want to go to a competition. I missed him very much. I hope to be well, to be physically fit, because mentally I am ready to come back. I’m getting ready. I don’t want to promise anything. I don’t know when I will return, depending on the injury I had”, said Simona Halep, Saturday, August 31, 2024.

Below are the highlights from Simona Halep’s match with Paula Badosa at the Miami Open:

Which tournaments could he return to?

In September of this year, the WTA organizes 5 important tournaments, all on hard surfaces:

• Jasmin Open Tunisia (Monastir – Tunisia) – 09.09.2024 – 15.09.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• Guadalajara Open Akron (Guadalajara – Mexic) – 09.09.2024 – 15.09.2024 – WTA500 – Hard Outdoor
• Korea Open (Seul – Coreea de Sud) – 16.09.2024 – 22.06.2024 – WTA500 – Hard Outdoor
• Ningbo Open (Ningbo – China) – 16.09.2024 – 22.09.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• China Open (Beijing – China) – 25.09.2024 – 06.10.2024 – WTA1000 – Hard Outdoor

Also, the month of October is also dedicated to tournaments that take place on a hard surface:

• Wuhan Open (Wuhan – China) – 07.10.2024 – 13.10.2024 – WTA1000 – Hard Outdoor
• Zhengzhou Open (Zhengzhou – China) – 14.10.2024 – 20.10.2024 – WTA500 – Hard Outdoor
• Kinoshita Group Japan Open (Osaka – Japonia) – 14.10.2024 – 20.10.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• Galaxy Holding Group Guangzhou Open (Guangzhou – China) – 21.10.2024 – 27.10.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• Toray Pan Pacific Open Tennis (Tokyo – Japonia) – 21.01.2024 – 27.10.2024 – WTA500 – Hard Outdoor
• Jiangxi Open (Nanchang – China) – 28.10.2024 – 03.11.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• Merida Open Akron (Merida – Mexic) – 28.10.2024 – 03.11.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor
• Hong Kong Tennis Open (Hong Kong – China) – 28.10.2024 – 03.11.2024 – WTA250 – Hard Outdoor

Between November 3 and November 10, 2024, the city of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, will host the Tournament of Champions, a competition in which, obviously, Simona Halep will not be present, due to the WTA ranking.

Then, from November 12 to November 17, in Seville, Spain, the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup will be held, where the Romanian team reached the premiere.

All teams qualified for the competition:

• Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, USA and Romania

At the final tournament of the Billie Jean King Cup, Simona Halep could be present if she is 100% fit from a physical point of view.

Horia Tecău is the one who makes the calls. But, I think, in addition to Ana Bogdan and Jaqueline Cristian, who won their place in the team, it remains to be seen how Simona Halep, Irina Begu and Sorana Cîrstea will feel in the autumn”, said George Cosac, the president of the Federation Romanian Tennis, quoted by Sportpesurse.ro.