Update: Simona Halep returns to the country, falls to second position in WTA rankings

Romanian tennis player, Simona Halep, has returned to Bucharest on Monday, after the Australian Open, being greeted at the airport with flowers by her father and by dozens of fans who chanted her name.

Halep answered only three questions asked by journalists, ziare.com reports.

“Caroline played very well, she deserved to win. I am exhausted, I have to conduct several tests about the injuries. Of course I was sad for losing the final, but life goes on, it’s just a tennis match and I hope the next final I will reach to be for me. Thank you,” Simona Halep said.

Simona Halep lost the Australian Open final on Saturday against Caroline Wozniacki 6-7 (2), 6-3, 4-6.

Wozniacki tops WTA rankings

Caroline Wozniacki has climbed to the first place in WTA rankings released on Monday, after winning Australian Open against Simona Halep, six years after having this position for the first time.

The Romanian tennis player is second, after ranking first since October 9, 2017.

Romania has six players in top 100. Besides Halep, the other five are Sorana Cirstea – 36^th WTA, Irina Begu – 37^th, Mihaela Buzarnescu – 43^rd, Ana Bogdan – 89^th and Monica Niculescu – 99^th.

Singles WTA rankings:

1 (2). Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 7,965 points

2 (1). Simona Halep 7,715

3 (4). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 6,085

4 (3). Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 5,690

5 (6). Karolina Pliskova (Czech republic) 5,445

6 (7). Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) 4,901

7 (8). Caroline Garcia (France) 4,495

8 (5). Venus Williams (US) 4,278

9 (16). Angelique Kerber (Germany) 3,031

10 (11). Kristina Mladenovic (France) 2,935

WTA Race for Singapore rankings:

1 (21). Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 2,180 points

2 (9). Simona Halep 1,580

3 (1). Angelique Kerber (Germany) 1,250

4 (9). Elise Mertens (Belgium) 1,060

5 (9). Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) 900

6 (18). Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 615

7 (1). Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 540

8 (6). Aleksandra Sasnovici (Belarus) 460

8 (14). Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) 460

10 (7). Ashleigh Barty (Australia) 436, etc.