Aflată la New York, pentru ultimul turneu de Mare Șlem al anului, Simona Halep, numărul doi mondial, a fost invitată, marți, să arunce prima minge la meciul de baseball dintre echipele New York Mets și Arizona Diamondbacks, din liga profesionistă nord-americană (MLB).
Halep, care a purtat un tricou al echipei Mets cu numărul 13 și numele său pe spate, i-a mărturisit ”catcher”-ului Kevin Plawecki (Mets) că este ”foarte emoționată”, înainte de a arunca prima minge a meciului, în fața spectatorilor prezenți pe Citi Field.
Aruncarea Simonei a fost un pic prea scurtă și a căzut chiar în fața lui Plawecki, care a prins apoi mingea. ”A fost o aruncare prea moale”, a recunoscut Simona, după ce și-a salutat componenții echipei sale, în frunte cu antrenorul Darren Cahill, care au urmărit-o în acțiune de pe margine.
What an arm! Our No.2 seed @Simona_Halep throws out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight’s @Mets game 😊⚾ #USOpen (📹: @WTA) pic.twitter.com/dRANF2zBXb
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 23, 2017
Halep a fost învinsă fără drept de apel de spaniola Garbine Muguruza, cu 6-1, 6-0, duminică, în finala turneului WTA de la Cincinnati și a ratat a treia sa șansă de a deveni numărul unu WTA, precedentele două fiind în finala de la Roland Garros (pierdută în fața Jelenei Ostapenko) și în sferturi la Wimbledon (cu Johanna Konta).
Românca ocupă acum locul al doilea în clasament, la doar cinci puncte de liderul Karolina Pliskova (Cehia), și va fi a doua favorită la US Open, turneu care va debuta luni la arenele Flushing Meadows din New York, notează Agerpres.
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