Simona Halep is looking to complete her clay court major trophy cabinet this week with a title in Stuttgart.Simona Halep is aiming high at the WTA 500 event this week, currently the only professional tennis tournament played on indoor clay courts.
“I had more than two weeks’ break and some treatment on my shoulder. I feel much better,” Halep told reporters in Stuttgart.
“I didn’t have pain in the last few days that I practised at home and also here. Hopefully, I can stay like that during matches because matches are different from practice.”
The 2018 French Open champion has won every European clay title at 500 level or above on the WTA calendar except Stuttgart.
“I want it badly. It’s a nice tournament, nice conditions, the people are nice to me here,” she said.
“It’s one of my goals to win this tournament as well. I want to win all the clay-court tournaments if possible.”
Here it is unclear whether Halep meant completing her list of major clay titles or winning all the clay titles she contests this season.
Simona Halep face Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarter-finals of Stuttgart.
