Simona Halep admits she is a bit nervous about post-tennis life but in addition reveals one in every of her targets for the longer term is to develop into a mom and have an exquisite household.
On Tuesday, the previous world No. 1 misplaced to Lucia Bronzetti 1-6 1-6 within the Cluj-Napoca first spherical after which introduced that she was retiring in entrance of her house followers.
For the Romanian, it was solely her fifth event since returning to tennis final March.
Whereas Halep fought laborious to clear her identify in her doping case, she sustained a really severe knee damage early in her comeback – she was suggested to bear surgical procedure – and that is when she realized that it was time for her to stroll away from the sport.
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Now in what would be the second chapter of her life, she desires to provide herself to another issues.
“I want to be a mother. A good mother, like my mother. I want to have kids when the time is right,” the 33-year-old instructed Romanian publication Treizecizero.
“But I also want to be normal. Because for these 30 years that I’ve been playing, I was a high-performance athlete—I wasn’t a normal person. And now, it’s time to discover other things in life.”
Halep on if she is nervous in regards to the subsequent interval of her life
“Of course, I do—how could I not? I’m an emotional person. I even get nervous when I go to a party. I’ve talked to other players, and it seems like everyone faces this fear of what comes next,” she added.
“I’m not afraid, though—I feel like I’ll manage… I don’t want responsibility anymore. I don’t want plans. I don’t want a strict schedule.”
In the identical interview, the previous two-time Grand Slam winner revealed she would keep bodily lively by going to the health club and likewise shared that she hoped to get to play some golf.
In the meantime, Halep married Romanian businessman Toni Iuruc in 2021 however the went their separate methods after solely yr and a half of their marriage in 2022.
