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Simona Halep sharing a cryptic message highlighting a major difference between strong and weak people has sparked discussions among tennis fans. The Romanian has expressed her disdain towards the verdicts of Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek's positive doping results and also took a dig at the WTA Player Council.
Halep had tested positive for Roxadust, a banned substance, during the 2022 US Open, following which she received a four-year suspension. However, CAS (Court for Arbitration of Sports) reduced the ban to nine months earlier this year helping the Romanian return to the tour.
However, after watching the 'No Significant Fault or Negligence' verdicts of Sinner and Swiatek this year, the former World No. 1 acknowledged that she lost her sleep. She recently took to Instagram to share a message in Romanian:
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"Weak people are vindictive. Strong people are forgiving."
A fan said how they were heartbroken to watch Halep suffer in this manner.
"It's pain to watch this version of Halep," the fan said.
"Halep channeling her inner emo teen," the fan quipped.
A fan also added how the 33-year-old seemed 'vindictive' when she threw shade at the WTA player council when they refused help to restore her ranking points.
"She seemed pretty vindictive when she shared this on her Instagram less than 24 hours ago," the fan mentioned.
Here are some other reactions from tennis fans:
"Umm Simona I feel like that means you’re weak," a fan said.
"Girl needs to stop reading the pavyg tweets and focus on herself," a fan pointed.
"She missed the point of her own story," a fan quipped.
"I got all the heat from the press" - Simona Halep highlights how she was unfairly treated as opposed to Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek
During an interview with The Telegraph, Simona Halep said how she was unfairly treated as opposed to Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek during their respecting doping controversies since her case was immediately made public unlike the other two, calling the entire saga 'weird'.
"What I believe is not fair, either, is that they announced my case straight away, and I got all the heat from the press, and for these two players they kept it secret, and they just said about the case when everything was done, so it's very weird," Halep said.
Simona Halep also refused to utter Iga Swiatek's name during the interview and highlighted how the Pole initially served a three-week suspension, competed at the WTA Finals and the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, and then served suspension again.
