Halep week starts in 'Player's Cut': “How much I cried”

From this Monday 11 at 7 p.m.Eurosport 1 offers a three-hour daily program that each week will focus on a different player and that includes the broadcast of the key matches of their career selected by themselves. Roland-Garros champion in 2018 and Wimbledon in 2019, Simona Halep has emerged as one of the great figures of women's tennis worldwide. Thus, Eurosport rescues some of the best matches of his entire career completing the broadcast with additional content such as interviews or analysis of those great matches with which to enjoy an authentic legend of this sport.

During the week, Eurosport will broadcast eleven matches, chosen by the player herself, which have somehow marked her own career.. From taking on Maria Sharapova in her first Grand Slam final at Roland-Garros in 2014 to beating Sloane Stephens over the horn in the same tournament to claim her first 'Major' four years later, Halep recalls some of the matches they've played. defined his career to date.

“Well, that match was my best match that I played at that time. And it was also the most difficult day, due to the emotions, the pressure that I had on my shoulders that day, playing my first Grand Slam final against Maria Sharapova. It was not easy to handle that part back then. It was also a great match. I feel like I played my best tennis that day. I was very close to winning that title, but with experience she took me to her field and she was definitely better than me that day. But I have great memories. I remember how much I cried after that game, but it was good for the next “Halep comments on the first match in the series, the one at the 2014 Roland Garros final. “I was leading the match in Madrid, but I couldn't win it. And then I felt like I had a better chance in France, but still couldn't. Maybe I wasn't ready at the time to face a champion. I needed more experience. I wasn't really upset after that game. I only took the positives of the battle, because it was a battle. And I learned many, many things “, she explains, recalling her previous match against Sharapova at the Mutua Open.

Matches scheduled in the ‘Halep Week’

-Monday May 11: Halep vs Maria Sharapova, Roland-Garros 2014 final

-Tuesday May 12: Halep vs Karolina Pliskova, Roland-Garros semifinal 2017

-Tuesday May 12: Halep vs Jelena Ostapenko, Roland-Garros final 2017

-Wednesday May 13: Halep vs Angelique Kerber, Roland-Garros quarterfinals 2017

-Wednesday May 13: Halep vs Garbiñe Muguruza, semifinal of Roland-Garros 2018

-Thursday May 14: Halep vs Sloane Stephens, final of Roland-Garros 2018

-Friday May 15: Halep vs Angelique Kerber, semifinal of the Australian Open 2018

-Friday, May 15: Halep vs Caroline Wozniacki, final of the 2018 Australian Open

-Saturday May 16: Halep vs Kaia Kanepi, first round of the 2019 Australian Open

-Saturday May 16: Halep vs Serena Williams, fourth round of the 2019 Australian Open

-Sunday, May 17: Halep vs Victoria Azarenka, quarterfinals of the US Open 2015

Nadal, the next

Considered the best Spanish athlete of all time and an international icon for all fans, Rafa Nadal collects the Halep witness and stars in a new thematic week on Eurosport from May 18 to 24. The Mallorcan player will choose his most memorable matches and will share anecdotes and curiosities with the Eurosport public, who will offer these matches to be able to relive them together with the Spanish tennis player.

In addition, over the next few weeks, tennis fans will be able to enjoy a wide selection of Epic matches from the finals of major world tournaments for which Eurosport has exclusive rights and will have the opportunity to relive some of the best Roland Garros finals of the last 30 years. And all this, with a stellar team of commentators and experts who make each broadcast a true adventure full of emotion and adrenaline:

Final of the US Open 2018: Djokovic vs Del Potro, Friday, May 15 from 2:00 p.m. on Eurosport 2

2012 Australian Open Final: Nadal vs Djokovic, Saturday, May 16 from 2:00 p.m. on Eurosport 2

2020 Australian Open Final: Djokovic vs Thiem, Sunday, May 17 from 2:00 p.m. on Eurosport 2

Roland-Garros Final 2019: Nadal vs Thiem, Monday, May 25 from 11:30 am on Eurosport 1