The news stunned many of her fans, with some recalling her doping controversy and drawing comparisons to Iga Swiatek and Jannik Sinner. Halep began her 2025 season at the WTA 250 tournament in ...

Iga Swiatek announced that Belgian tennis coach and former professional player, Wim Fissette would be her new coach. Fissette ...

Simona Halep announced her retirement in Cluj-Napoca on Tuesday after a tough 6-1, 6-1 loss to Lucia Bronzetti at the Winners ...

The former world No 1 claimed two Grand Slam titles, including Wimbledon in 2019, but the last two years have been ...

Former World No.1 Simona Halep has left the tennis world shocked and saddened after announcing her retirement from the sport, ...

Fissette has previously worked with top names in the women’s circuit such as Kim Clijsters, Simona Halep and Naomi Osaka. Iga Swiatek and coach Wim Fissette during a practice session.

Simona Halep’s tennis career has ended. Fittingly, it came in her native Romania, with the 33-year-old losing in the opening round of the Transylvania Open to 72 nd -ranked Lucia Bronzetti, 6-1, 6-1.

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But many fans have been left fuming at the treatment Halep received for her doping violations, compared to fellow major winners Jannik Sinner and women's World No.2, Iga Swiatek, whose own cases ...

Halep’s achievements, including 24 WTA titles and 64 weeks at world No 1, are awe-inspiring. Yet in a period where grand slam champions Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek have also tested positive ...

I can’t find, and I don’t think there can be, a logical answer. Swiatek got one month. Sinner nothing (for now). Halep got nine. In our latest podcast, we turn the spotlight on tennis' doping ...