Tennis fans
questioned
Simona Halep after her response to
Caroline Wozniacki's criticism of
the
Miami Open organization's decision to grant Halep a wild card. In a press
conference, the Danish player was asked about Halep's return, and the 2018
Australian Open champion expressed her opinion that wild cards should not be
given to players who "purposely cheat."
"This
is not directly at Simona, but if someone purposely cheats, if someone has
tested positive for doping, I don't think people should be awarded wildcards
afterwards," Wozniacki said. If you want to come back and it's been a
mistake, I understand, but you should work your way up from the bottom," the
former world No. 1 added.
The
Romanian recently received a reduction in her doping ban sentence from 4 years
to 9 months and defended that she did not cheat. Halep even said that Wozniacki
should read the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) 'better'.
"Only
one person being negative about me is not that important because I have
hundreds of people that [are] giving me love, so I will take that," Halep
said.
Fans
reacted on social media to Halep's comments about Wozniacki, and many of them
criticized the attitude of the 2-times Grand Slam champion in her response:
"The
entitled attitude Ms Roxadustat has is quite something. I am so here for every
single beatdown that she will receive over the next (however many so) seasons
she’ll play," some fan commented. "The old WTA gen bringing the
cattiness back," another also opined.
Here you can
find other comments from the fans on X (former Twitter):