Simona Halep receives excellent news: The tournament in which “she is a contender to receive a wildcard”

The international press indicates the tournament where Simona Halep could receive a new wildcard, after the Miami Open and the Madrid Open.

Along with Emma Răducanu, Simona Halep is seen as the favorite to benefit from one of the two remaining wildcards available for the Foro Italico.

Halep had been invited to the main draw in Madrid, a tournament she won in 2016 and 2017, but withdrew at the last minute.

“Simona Halep and Emma Răducanu will have to wait to see if they can play at the Italian Open, after they “missed” the first wildcards. The two received wildcards for Madrid, but Simona withdrew and Răducanu lost by 6 -2, 6-2 against Maria Lourdes Carle, but I can “eye” the tournament in Rome to get in shape. (…) There are still two wildcards available in the women’s main draw, and Halep and Răducanu are contenders for them receive,” the site says tennis365.com.

Six of the eight wildcards available for the Rome tournament have already been awarded to Martina Trevisan (76 WTA), Sara Errani (100), Lucrezia Stefanini (159), Giorgia Pedone (276), Nuria Brancaccio (292) and Matilde Paoletti (642).

Simona Halep won the Rome tournament in 2020.

The tournament in Rome takes place between May 7 and 19.