Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, currently number 2 in the world, wants to win a medal for Romania in the next Olympic Games in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

“Bringing a medal for Romania in the Olympics is more than I do, but my sports is individual and it is hard to prepare only for the Olympics. We have a tournament every week. But I do all my best and I hope to bring Romania a medal, although it will not be easy,” said Halep.

“I hope my results will stay in our country’s history and future generations will remember me. There are two more years to Rio, it is a long period, I don’t know how I will be then physically, but if I will be healthy, I will compete,” she added.

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