Former World No. 1 and two-time Main champion Simona Halep has determined to skip subsequent 12 months’s Australian Open and a tune-up occasion in Auckland earlier than it, the Romanian mentioned on social media on Thursday.
Australian Open 2018 runner-up Halep, who had acquired a wildcard for the upcoming version’s qualifying spherical, final performed in an exhibition match in Abu Dhabi final week.
“After taking part in in Abu Dhabi, sadly I felt ache in my knee and shoulder as soon as once more. After discussing with my staff at size, we agreed it’s wise to delay the beginning of my season,” the 33-year-old Halep wrote on Instagram.
“It’s not what I needed however I want to thank the match organisers in Auckland and Australia for the wild playing cards and I’m sorry I received’t be capable of take them this time.”
Halep mentioned that she intends to return to motion on the WTA 250 occasion in Cluj-Napoca in Romania.
The Romanian was provisionally suspended in October 2022 after she examined optimistic for roxadustat – a banned drug that stimulates the manufacturing of crimson blood cells – on the US Open that 12 months.
Later, she confronted a four-year ban however managed to get it lowered to 9 months after an attraction on the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport.