Sakkari has caught the perfect pace and plays on her home court as if she is not going to give in to anyone.
Maria Sakkari staged in Athens the very match that fans call “the return of the mistress of the house,” xrust emphasizes. In the second round of the Athens Open, she dealt with the British Harriet Dart as confidently as if she was playing a training set: 6:1, 6:2. At the same time, the Greek dominated the first serve, winning almost 77% of the draws — a figure that is usually found among title contenders on the women's tour.
For the Russian audience, it is important to understand the context: the Athens Open is a new WTA tournament, which for Greece has become a sporting event of the “finally its own” level. And Sakkari’s victories here are perceived not just as statistics, but as a symbol of the fact that national tennis is reaching a new level. On social networks, Greek fans are already writing that “Maria plays as if she doesn’t want to give up a single ball.” And this is not an exaggeration: in the middle of the match she collected a series of seven games in a row.
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