Halep: "It's a liberation".
Simona Halep is now officially retired. For Romanian media outlet 30-0, Halep looked back on her career.
"I don't know why everyone is afraid of retirement. I feel good, even if in a few days everything will be more difficult.
For me, it's a liberation, it's been very hard. I'm not the kind of person who gets on the court just to be there. I couldn't even train!
I used to be able to train at most one hour a day on clay. Obviously, it takes a lot more than that to get through a full match.
My knee hurts, my shoulder hurts and I'm emotionally exhausted. I don't see the point of it anymore, I don't see any reason to worry about it any more.
What I can't do is play tennis and fight to be in the top 100.
To be at the top, you have to work like a dog... and right now, I can't do that anymore."
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