Eliminated in the first round at WTA Miami, on her return to tennis after a year and a half, Simona Halep is in an embarrassing situation.
Thus, Simona Halep was rewarded with the “Wooden Spoon”, an unofficial award given to tennis players and considered the equivalent of the “Golden Raspberry” in the film world.
More precisely, this distinction was given to Simona Halep because the Romanian lost in the first round to a player who was then eliminated in the second round, and so on until the final.
In Miami, Simona lost to Badosa, the Iberian was eliminated in the second round by Sabalenka, who was defeated by Anhelina Kalinina, the Ukrainian losing in the round of 16 to Putintseva. The latter who was defeated in the quarters by Azarenka, later eliminated in the semifinals by Rîbakina, the Kazakh losing the last act with Danielle Collins.
Simona Halep also suffered this at the 2022 US Open, her last tournament before being suspended for doping, thus becoming the only player of all time to occupy the WTA No. 1 position and to win the “Wooden Spoon” twice, in consecutive tournaments .
