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04/03/2024, 12:07 p.m
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Simona Halep’s big dream (32 years old, 1143rd place WTA) after returning to activity is to represent again Romania TO The Olympic Games in Paris.
Because of an injuryAleppo will not be part of Romania’s Billie Jean King Cup team for the duel with Ukraine, scheduled for April 12-13.
Simona Halep has a “90% chance” of receiving a wild card for the Olympic Games in Paris
This seemed like it would destroy any hope of her reaching this summer’s Olympic Games, but George Cosac, the president of the Romanian Tennis Federation, claims that Simona still has a good chance of reaching Paris.
Even if she does not meet any of the criteria necessary to qualify for the Olympic Games, Simona Halep is on the verge of receiving a wild card “for extraordinary performances”, Cosac said.
- Simona Halep participated in only one edition of the Olympic Games, in 2012, in London. She was eliminated in the first round.
“To reach the Olympics, you must be part of the Billie Jean King Cup team twice in an Olympic cycle. It’s not her case, because she was suspended and didn’t play and now she’s injured. The line is drawn in the ranking at 59, but the competition table consists of 64 players.
From 59 to 64 are some wild cards, some exemptions that can be given to athletes with extraordinary performances or athletes from the organizing country. Considering that Simona is a former WTA number 1, that she is a Roland Garros winner, considering that she plays at Roland Garros, I think she has a very high chance of being accepted and being part of those players.
Each participating country has the right to participate with four athletes. But there are countries like the United States, the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, China that have more than four athletes in the top 60. Practically, this line is getting wider. And under these conditions, it will be unlikely that in the short time left until the Olympic Games, Simona will have the necessary ranking.
That’s why I started the steps with her representative and the president of COSR, Mihai Covaliu, to get a wildcard for Simona at the Olympic Games in Paris. We hope, I think he has a 90% chance of receiving this wildcard. Why? She was world number 1, a Grand Slam winner right in Paris and the fact that she was treated with great injustice. There are some arguments that stand up against any other counterarguments“, declared George Cosac, at as.ro.
PHOTO How Simona Halep looked in 2009, at her first match in the WTA circuit
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Even Simona Halep didn’t think it was possible to play in Paris
Upon returning to Romania after participating in the WTA tournament in Miami, Simona Halep stated that, from her point of view, the chances of going to the Olympic Games “are minimal“.
“I would really like to qualify, but from what I understand the chances are slim. The Olympics are being held in Paris, that would be great, but I don’t want to get my hopes up too high. I’m unranked and need to be in the top 60 or 70 to play”, said Simona Halep, upon arrival in the country.
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