Simona Halep withdraws from Australian Open qualifying and will delay the start of her 2025 season after feeling pain in her knee and shoulder.

Simona Halep will delay her start to the 2025 season and skip the Australian Open due to pain in her knee and shoulder.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has pulled out of Australian Open qualifying and a tuneup tournament in Auckland, New Zealand, because of pain in her knee and shoulder.

Simona Halep sustained a very unfortunate setback at the start of the 2025 season as the Romanian won't be able to play in Auckland next week or take part in the upcoming Australian Open. After returning from a doping ban in March, the former world No. 1 was limited to just four tournaments in 2024 due to knee and shoulder issues.

Simona Halep will delay her start to the 2025 season and skip the Australian Open due to pain in her knee and shoulder, the former world number one said on Thursday.

Simona Halep, former world number one, postpones her 2025 tennis season start due to knee and shoulder pain, skipping the Australian Open. Halep's career faced a setback previously due to a doping ban.

Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep and Lleyton Hewitt's 16-year-old son Cruz Hewitt are among the players who have been awarded wild-card entries for Australian Open qualifying.

Simona Halep has been forced to withdraw from Australian Open qualifying after suffering another injury setback. The former World No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion had been given a wild card entry into the qualifying draw in Melbourne,