CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, April 4, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Greece’s Maria Sakkari made a successful transition from hard courts to clay by winning her first match on green clay at the Credit One Charleston Open, a 6-3, 6-3 victory over No. […]
CHARLESTON, S.C./WASHINGTON, December 8, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) The Credit One Charleston Open on Thursday added two new players to its 2024 field. World No. 9 Maria Sakkari of Greece and 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens of the United […]
SAN DIEGO, September 14, 2023 (by Richard Osborn) Anastasia Potapova stunned top seed Ons Jabeur on an action-packed Wednesday at the Cymbiotika San Diego Open, advancing to the quarterfinals with a straight-sets 6-4, 7-6 (4) upset.It marked the fourth Top-10 […]
WASHINGTON, August 6, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Maria Sakkari is quietly but efficiently making a statement in the Mubadala Citi DC Open tournament this week. The first Greek woman in the 54-year history of the Washington, D.C. event, the ninth-ranked […]
WTA Press Release, October 22, 2022 The WTA announced today Maria Sakkari has qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals, becoming the eighth and final singles player to secure her place and set a star-studded field for the prestigious season-ending tournament in Fort WorthSakkari […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 21, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Through the first nearly-three months of the 2022 season, Iga Swiatek has arguably been the most dominant player on the WTA Tour. After all, she’s already won 20 hard-court matches – including […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 19, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 4 Iga Swiatek of Poland is undefeated this year at WTA 1000 events. So, it shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise that her latest victory, a straight-set semifinal […]
INDIAN WELLS/WASHINGTON, March 18, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Greece’s Maria Sakkari is no stranger to playing quarterfinal-round matches in tournaments where the stakes are big. Although the World No. 6 was appearing in just her first BNP Paribas Open final […]
OSTRAVA/WASHINGTON, September 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit was unstoppable this week in Ostrava. She didn’t lose a single set en route to knocking out three of the top four seeds at the WTA 500 J&T Banka Ostrava […]
WASHINGTON, September 26, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Poland’s Iga Swiatek hadn’t competed in a semifinal since winning the Rome title in May, while Maria Sakkari of Greece had become a very familiar fixture, reaching the last four six times this […]
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