Nobody Will Touch Her Accomplishments

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday August 11, 2022

Simona Halep spoke of Serena Williams on Thursday evening in Toronto, telling reporters that it isn’t probably that some other participant will come near the legendary American’s achievements. Halep, who confronted Serena 12 occasions in her profession, says she felt blessed to play towards Williams.

“It was an honor, really, to play so many matches towards her and to share the locker room along with her, to share the court docket,” Halep mentioned. “It is all the time she’s been an inspiration for everyone and for me too. I mentioned this all the time. I admired her, you understand, the facility to remain there so a few years, to win a lot.

“And she or he’s 40 and he or she’s nonetheless like preventing for the match. It is unbelievable.”

Halep has contemplated retirement herself, and is aware of that Serena can have extra vital issues than tennis to maintain her busy after her profession.

“We will miss her, however I believe she has many different issues, vital issues in life to undergo,” she mentioned. “So I believe it is time to, yeah, it is time to cease tennis as a result of she has a life forward. And she or he’s achieved unbelievable issues in tennis and goes to be the most effective for all, like perpetually, I believe. No one’s going to the touch the extent that she touched.”

The Romanian, who notched one of many greatest wins of her profession towards Williams within the 2019 Wimbledon remaining, owns a 2-10 lifetime file towards the 23-time main champion. She says that even the losses have been constructive experiences, nevertheless.

“Each time I performed her it was a second that I needed to study some issues,” she mentioned. “And I all the time was making an attempt to take some issues from her. She’s tremendous skilled, tremendous like assured on the court docket. Tremendous dominant. I believe, yeah, she has so many qualities as a participant.

“And I bear in mind 2013 once I performed towards her in semis in Rome. She killed me. However that 12 months she did not lose a match on clay. So she was the one one who dominated tennis for a number of years in a row. And I believe that that is not going to occur once more.”