Simona Halep is back on the field! He accepted the invitation of the tournament organizers

Article by Sergiu Alexandru – Published on Wednesday, 08 May 2024, 14:38 / Updated on Wednesday, 08 May 2024 15:25

Simona Halep (32 years old, 1149 WTA) is preparing to return to clay. She will participate in the WTA 125 Trophee Clarins tournament (May 13-19), which will take place in Paris. She accepted the invitation from the organizers, being announced on the official website.

The athlete from Constanța will play again on her favorite surface, the clay. He has not played on the red surface since 2022, when he participated in Roland Garros.

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Simona Halep will participate in the Clarins Trophy

Now, Simona Halep is back on clay and will participate for the first time at the Trophee Clarins, WTA 125 category tournament, which will be played in Paris between May 13 and 19. She decided to accept the wild card from the organizers so she will play the second match after the completion of the trial in which she was accused of doping.

At the competition in Paris, there will be 32 players at the start. And the total value of the prizes is 115,000 euros. Among the players who will start are Ana Bogdan, Jaqueline Cristian, Leylah Fernandez, Sloane Stephens or Yanin Wickmayer. And the name of Simona Halep now appears on the list.

Simona Halep was invited to the tournament in Miami, being eliminated in the 1st round, and she had also been invited to the tournaments in Oeiras and Madrid, but could not participate due to medical problems.

Simona Halep hopes to participate in Roland Garros

Simona Halep’s main target is Roland Garros (May 20 – June 9), her favorite tournament. The athlete from Constanța hopes that the organizers will give her an invitation, but she has emotions in this regard.

“The French are nationalists and, from what I understand, they give French women a wild card. I really want to play at Roland Garros, because it’s my favorite tournament and it would be good. But, now, the decision is up to them”, said Halep recently.

The precedent at Roland Garros that gives Simona Halep nightmares

The tennisuptodate website analyzed the situation of three former Grand Slam champions: Simona Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Emma Răducanu. And it explains why the athlete from Constanța risks not receiving a wild card.

“Simona and Caroline have received wild cards for several tournaments, but the situation is unclear at Roland Garros, as history shows. Of the two, Simona has a better chance of receiving an invitation, being the champion in 2018. But the big question surrounding her is related to the suspension for doping. When Sharapova returned to the sport, the organizers at Roland Garros refused to give her a wild card, the case being famous.

Despite protesting and saying she did not dope, Halep was theoretically suspended for taking Roxadustat. So it could be refused by the French Tennis Federation. The weight will be on the shoulders of Amelie Mauresmo, she will be the one to decide in the coming weeks.

Unlike other tournaments, Roland Garros prefers to give wild cards to French players. As for Emma Răducanu and Caroline Wozniacki, there is little chance that they will receive invitations and they may have to play in the qualifiers. It all depends on the number of wild cards the French players will need. Interesting weeks will follow for the two players, who at the tournament in Miami had an exchange of lines”, notes tennisuptodate.com.