Simona Halep has shared some painful news just months after being cleared to return to tennis as the former world No. 1 is dealing with a knee issue that just isn’t going away.
After playing her first post-doping ban tournament in Miami, Halep missed a WTA 125 tournament in Portugal before also withdrawing from the Madrid Open due to a knee injury sustained in practice. When Halep returned to action in mid-May, she was up by a set against McCartney Kessler before retiring due to the same issue that forced her to miss Oeiras and Madrid.
Since Halep wasn’t awarded main draw wildcards into either Wimbledon or the French Open, some suspected that the 32-year-old Romanian was simply out of action because she didn’t have an opportunity to play. But now it is clear that the former world No. 1 is not playing because she is not able.
In an announcement posted on her Instagram, Halep revealed that she is planning to now stop all training and practice activities and only focus on recovering.
“Hi everyone, I wanted to provide a little health update since I have been away from the court lately. It is not the best news, but I wanted to share all the same. For a few months now, I have been struggling with a knee injury. It’s an injury I have never had before and it…
