WTA Miami: Simona Halep loses on comeback against Paula Badosa
After a forced break of one and a half years , Simona Halep made a good but unsuccessful comeback against the Spaniard Paula Badosa at the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in Miami.
by Stefan Bergmann
last edit: Mar 19, 2024, 11:24 pm
Simona Halep called the massive allegations that kept the Romanian away from the WTA tour for a good year and a half "scandalous allegations." Now the crisis period is over early for the now 32-year-old - an initial sentence of four years from the International Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) was only reduced to nine months on March 5th of this year - probably also due to the broad support that the former world rankings- First received from her fellow players.
Now Halep can finally make headlines again with great tennis. And the Southeast European managed to do this at times at the first opportunity that came her way. However, the lady from Constanta, who had a wildcard in Miami, had to lose 6:1, 4:6 after just under two hours in the first round of the WTA Tour 1000 tournament in the state of Florida against Paula Badosa, who was also working on a comeback. beaten 3:6.
Halep impressed in several respects in her first appearance since the US Open 2022, but in the end she was unable to bring home the ever-changing game. Badosa can now look forward to the second-round clash against second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka quite relaxed. On the one hand, the Iberian has nothing to lose against the highly ranked Belarusian, but on the other hand, the 25-year-old from Minsk finds herself in an almost unimaginable situation. On Tuesday it was announced that her partner and ex-NHL professional Konstantin Kozlov died in Miami at the age of 42 .
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Here is the individual tableau in Miami.
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