Simona Halep had an in-depth interview with Sports Illustrated ahead of the French Open. The Romanian player spoke about the decision of undergoing surgery to reduce her breast that was affecting her game. ' When I did it, I did it for tennis.Maybe doing that was really important to today be no. 1,' Halep said. Halep agrees with describing it as hee " biggest sacrifice", although at the same time she added : 'I don't feel that I made sacrifices by being here or playing tennis because I really like this sport, and it’s never tough to go and practice.' She approaches the second Grand Slam of the year with a positive attitude, despite she lost two finals there in 2014 and 2017. ' Like people say, no hard feelings. I won juniors there. It’s close to my home country. I love Paris, just to stay there and visit. Maybe I’ll live there one day. So I just love everything about this tournament.' She is confident about her chances to win a Major : 'I'm thinking that I'm there, that I can do it because I was so close three times.