Ex-World Number One Simona Halep Announces Retirement After Home Defeat
Former tennis world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement on Tuesday after her first-round defeat at the WTA Cluj-Napoca tournament in her native Romania. The 33-year-old lost 6-1, 6-1 to 72nd-ranked Italian Lucia Bronzetti. "I don't know if it is with joy or sadness that I speak to you but I made this decision in my soul and conscience, I have always been lucid. My body no longer follows, but today I wanted to play and say my goodbyes on the court," Halep told the Romanian crowd.


