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 […]
PARIS, June 9, 2021 (by Alessandro Boroch) Twenty-five-year-old Maria Sakkari continued to make history in Paris following a remarkable straight-set victory over French Open defending champion Iga Swiatek on Wednesday. It ended the 20-year-old Swiatek’s 22-set winning streak at the clay-court major. […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 31, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Maria Sakkari arguably played the best 69 minutes of tennis in her professional career. The rising Greek star, seeded 23rd, ended the 23-match winning streak of World No. 2 Naomi Osaka at the […]
MIAMI/WASHINGTON, March 30, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Maria Sakkari saved six – yes, six! – match points on the way to a very heartfelt and satisfying 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (6) victory over Jessica Pegula that earned her a well-deserved quarterfinal […]
WASHINGTON, January 12, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Blink your eyes and you might have missed a brilliant semifinal performance given by Aryna Sabalenka Tuesday afternoon against Maria Sakkari in Abu Dhabi. It was complete, filled with just the right mixture of power […]
WASHINGTON, January 11, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) For one set, Sofia Kenin played like a World No. 4 during her quarterfinal match against 22nd-ranked Maria Sakkari in the Abu Dhabi WTA Women’s Tennis Open Monday. She took advantage of her opponent’s weaknesses […]
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) The Delray Beach Open by VITACOST.com marks the return of the ATP Tour to North America. Main draw play in the ATP Tour 250 outdoor hard-court event at the Delray Beach Stadium & Tennis […]
WASHINGTON, October 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Maria Sakkari, the 25-year-old rising star from Greece, was asked by a reporter earlier this week during a virtual videoconference what she would like to achieve in her last tournament of the 2020 […]
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