Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep announces retirement from tennis - less than a year after the star returned from a drugs ban
The 33-year-old issued a statement on court to the crowd post match after her first round defeat at the Transylvania Open and later confirmed her retirement in a press conference.
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