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  1. Stefanos Tsitsipas won his third Rolex Monte Carlo Open and 11th single title overall to go with his 2 doubles titles, beating Norway's Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-4. He's got a good resume. Only player he has yet to defeat is Carlos Alcarez of Spain. 

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  2. Sakkari is playing in her second WTA Indian Springs Final after a long 5 plus hour match stopped twice from rain delays, beating Coco Guaff 6-4,6-7 (5-7), 6-2. It's going to be a rematch from 2022 against Iga Swiatek. This competition is dubbed as the "Fifth Grand Slam". 

  3. Frantzeskakis won Greece's third bronze medal of the day with a mark of 74.96m. First time ever Greece ends up with three medals in the same calendar year of the European Throwing Cup. Tomorrow, the only athlete who could win a medal is Kyriazis. It all depends if he can rediscover his form from 2017, throwing over 80 meters on a consistent bases. Mouzenidis will likely not medal since he can't throw over 20 meters. His progression is very slow and isn't showing signs he has what it takes to be an elite shot putter. 

  4. Schedule for the Greek athletes (Local time in Portugal) 

    Saturday, March 9 
    10:00 Hammer Throw Men U23 Final - Dousakis
    11:55 Shot Put Women U23 Final A - Dragomirova 
    14:00 Javelin Throw Women Final A - Tzengko
    14:55 Hammer Throw Men Final A - Frantzeskakis, Anastasakis
    16:20 Shot Put Women Final B - Maggoulia
    18:00 Discus Throw Women U23 Final - Alexeeva

    Sunday, March 10 
    09:30 Discus Throw Men U23 Final - Adamakis
    11:45 Discus Throw Women Final B - Anagnostopoulou
    12:15 Hammer Throw Women Final B - Kosmidou
    15:25 Javelin Throw Men Final A - Kyriazis
    16:00 Shot Put Men Final A - Mouzenidis

  5. In the European Throwing Cup, I believe Greece will get 2 medals. The only time Greece won 2 medals in the same year of this competition was 2003 (Alexandros Papadimitriou - silver Steliana Tsikouna - bronze) and 2017 (Chrysoula Anagnostopoulou - bronze Paraskevas Baltzavaltis - bronze) 

  6. Karalis seems to perform very well indoors. It's funny he has yet to qualify in the finals in either the European or World Championships. His bronze medal is much tougher to achieve than Filippidis did in 2014 when he won gold in Sopot, Poland without much of top stars in that compeition. Karalis had more competition and fought against the top athletes in pole vault like Duplantis, Kendricks, Nielsen, Obiena, etc. 

    As for Tentoglou, I think he is due to achieve that Greek National Record outdoors. He will need plenty of meets to perform to have any chance. I love to see him repeat as Olympic Champion which has not happened since Carl Lewis from 1984-1996, 4 titles in the row. 

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