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Hallep lost in the round before Lucia Bronzet at the Transylvania Open on Tuesday. Then he announced his retirement.
2 -time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has retired from tennis. Hallep on Tuesday announced his retirement after defeat in the first round of the Transylvania Open in Romania. He was defeated by Lucia Bronzet of Italy 6–1, 6–1.
26 -year -old Halep told her domestic fans, ‘I don’t know that I am making this announcement with grief or happiness. I think I am feeling both, but this decision has brought me peace. I have always been realistic. My body is no longer the same as before. Even though my performance was not good. I wanted to say goodbye to tennis by playing in front of you.
Hallep was given admission with a wild card. Simona was also given a wild card entry at the first Grand Slam Australia Open of the year held last month. However, she was out of the qualifying round of this tournament held in Melbourne due to her knee and shoulder pain.
Disappointed Halep after losing to Lucia Bronzet in Round-1.
Troubled by injury, banned due to doping Halep struggled with injuries in her career. Not only this, he was also banned due to doping on October 2022. He started playing profession tennis on 26 June 2006.
World No-1 became in 2017, Wimbledon also won Hallep reached number one in the world rankings for the first time in 2017. He is currently ranked 870th. He won the Grand Slam singles title by defeating Serena Williams in the final in Wimbledon in 2019 and Slowen Stephens in the French Open in 2018.