Returning to tennis on the occasion of the WTA in Miami, Simona Halep announced that she will once again be part of the Romanian team for the Billie Jean King Cup. The coach of our girls, Horiya Tekeu, believes that with the return of Simona to the team, the level will rise.

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Horia Tekeu says Simona Halep will join Romania’s Billie Jean King Cup match against Ukraine

While in Miami, where he watched the matches of our girls in the main draw of the WTA 1000 category, Horia Tekeu spoke about the return of Simona Halep to the Romanian Billie Jean King team.

The former ATP doubles leader believes that the presence of Simona Halep in the match against Ukraine will bring a great addition to the team.

“No one expects her to come in and play… We will get her and she will certainly bring a very big addition to the team. It’s fantastic that he’s back on the field so quickly.

Simona Halep received good news, her image was cleaned. Now the decision is hers. She feels free and calm.

It’s very difficult after such a long time to come and play at such a high level, although it amazes me again how quickly he was able to do it in the first set and how close he was to winning this difficult match” – Horiya Tekaufor Digisport.

Romania will meet Ukraine in the playoffs of the Billie Jean King Cup final tournament. The match will take place on April 12 and 13 at Fernaninda Beach (Florida, USA) on clay.

According to the official website of the Billie Jean King Cup, Tecău also invited Ana Bohdan, Jacqueline Christian, Anka Todoni and Mara Ge.

Elina Svitolina, Lesya Tsurenko, Yuliya Starodubtseva, Lyudmila Kichenok and Nadiya Kichenok will be included in the national team of Ukraine.

• The winner of the duel between Romania and Ukraine will go to the Billie Jean King Cup 2024 final tournament, and the loser will compete in the playoffs for entry into the World Group.

• Simona Halep did not play again for Romania after the 3-2 semi-final defeat against France on April 21, 2019 in Rouen.

• Simona Halep represented Romania in 25 singles matches (20 wins – 5 losses) and 7 doubles matches (2-5).

• In the World Group playoffs Romania beat Serbia (4-0)and Ukraine beat the Netherlands (3-1).