Simona Halep targets maximum result in Australian Open

She did say the Olympics was her main target. Yet Halep's 'all in' for Melbourne's main event. The Australian Open is super important: “I wish maximum. I hope to be as well prepared as possible at Melbourne."

If Simona Halep pulls it off, this would be her third Grand Slam win in her career and she's done her best to come fully prepared: "It is the most important tournament. I have a pretty good period before to prepare and I have faith that it will be fine. I feel very well physically, I don’t have any problems, I trained well. My legs feel powerful, my whole body does."

Interviewed just before getting on the plane headed Down Under, Halep stated: "I spent a super period of time, super good and I am glad that I was up to it 100%”.

She continued: “I have good thoughts, positive ones. I am happy to start this trip. I prepared very well in Dubai, and at home as well. I am joyful and I hope for this year to be as good as it gets. I can’t tell you what I wished at the crossing between the years because, afterwards, it won’t come true." She said [smiling] "I still believe in these things”.

She's made no secret that the Olympics are at the top of her wish-list for 2020. “The Olympics is my priority for this year", but for now the focus is all on the Australian Open.

"I want to get as rested and as fresh as possible to this competition. It won’t be easy because the pressure is different, but anything comes on top it would be something more and it would be nice. I hope to be more mature than I was in 2019, to be more positive, to have a better attitude and that things will work out as well as possible. There is no kind of pressure left. I want to enjoy what I am doing”.

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