By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday October 3, 2024
Two-time main champion Simona Halep has returned to tennis after a four-month damage hiatus. The previous World No.1, who returned to the game in Miami after having her four-year doping ban diminished to 9 months, took a wild card into the Hong Kong 125 draw and received her first-round match in opposition to Arina Rodionova, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Halep, who has not received a match since being reinstated, had missed 4 months resulting from a knee damage suffered enjoying a 125K occasion in Paris previous to Roland-Garros. The 33-year-old Romanian final received a match on tour at Cincinnati in 2022.
Halep, ranked 1130, fell in second-round motion on Thursday in Hong Kong, 6-2, 6-1 to Anna Blinkova.
“Phrases can’t describe the sensation of being on the market on court docket competing – and profitable my first match after such a protracted interval – within the sport I like,” Halep wrote on X after her first-round win. “Thanks for all of your help and your love, it means the world to me.
Phrases can’t describe the sensation of being on the market on court docket competing – and profitable my first match after such a protracted interval – within the sport I like. Thanks for all of your help and your love, it means the world to me ❤️ pic.twitter.com/s77D8uxiXJ
— Simona Halep (@Simona_Halep) October 2, 2024
