Simona Halep has provided an update on her knee injury as she faces a race against time to be fit for the US Open.
The former Roland Garros and Wimbledon champion’s comeback has not gone according to plan so far as she returned from a doping ban in Miami earlier this year.
However playing time has been limited for the Romanian as her second tournament of the year ended in a first round retirement at a Challenger event in Paris.
As a result of her retirement Halep was forced to miss Roland Garros and Wimbledon as she looked to recover from a knee injury.
The injury is more serious than meets the eye though as Halep provided an update on her knee injury and revealed it’s an injury that has been occurring for the last few months, “I wanted to provide a little health update since I have been away from the court lately. It is not the best news, but I wanted to share all the same,” Halep revealed on Instagram.
“For a few months now, I have been struggling with a knee injury. It’s an injury I have never had before and it has been a tough one to manage, with the pain persisting. It has been a very difficult period (almost two years) mentally and emotionally for me and struggling physically on top of that definitely doesn’t help.
“I have decided to take the time needed to recover properly, rather than training and playing through pain. My instinct has always been to try to come back as soon as possible, but I am not a machine, I am a human being and I need time to recover from everything I have gone through.
“I’ll keep you posted and, as always, want to thank you for your permanent support. I hope to be back on court very soon.”
Halep now faces a race against time to be fit for the US Open which starts on the 26th of August.
