Greeks at the US Open

[Antaeus7]

You want a power game?

This has all the making!

Sakkari and Andreescu both won their tiebreakers and now playing the 3rd set. 

Sakkari has 9 double faults and she must improve better on her serves if she is to advance into the quarterfinals. 

[Antaeus7]

SAKKARI BEATS ANDREESCU IN 3 SETS! 3 HOURS 30 MINUTE MATCH. She will face Pilskova in the quarterfinals. Match ended at 2:15 am New York time. 

[Dutch Eagle]

What a great win! Bravo, Maria!

[Antaeus7]

If Sakkari defeats Pilskova today, she will face 18 year old Emma Raducanu of Great Britain in the semifinals. 

Edited September 8, 2021 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

SAKKARI DEFEATS PILSKOVA 6-4, 6-4! 
ON TO THE SEMIFINALS!!! 
She defeated 3 Czechs in this tournament. Man, what are the odds of that happening? Sakkari usually has a history of struggling against players from the Czech Republic. 

[Blackhawk]

She was great today. Pliskova never had a chance in the game. Let's hope Maria performs as well tomorrow in the semifinal match.

[Dutch Eagle]

Great win. She now faces 18 years old revelation Emma Raducanu from GB. 

[Antaeus7]

Sakkari is getting owned in the first set from Raducanu 6-1. She better find a way to compose herself and get back in the game. Hernandez knocked out Sabalenka in 3 sets, we could be seeing two teenagers in the finals. 

Edited September 10, 2021 by Antaeus7

[Antaeus7]

Congrats to Raducanu, simply played better and was much quicker than Sakkari. Sakkari just played a total opposite than what she played throught the U.S. Open. Is it time to realize Sakkari's opportunity to win her first grand slam is running out? 

[Dutch Eagle]

The 2022 tournament started. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas, seeded as #4, faces Daniel Galàn from Colombia in R1.

Maria Sakkari (#3) has drawn Tatjana Maria from Germany.

 

[Blackhawk]

Tsitsipas, one of the biggest losers in tennis today. Out in the first round with an embarrassing defeat to the Colombian. 

[paokarag4]

Awful result, he picked up only one game in the opening 2 sets losing 0-6, 1-6. He would eventual lose the match in 4 sets. 

He hasn't had a great year but his best is still very good, last week he beat Medvedev on route to a Masters final. His biggest issue is clearly mental and until he can get that sorted he will be prone to these type of results and his inconsistency will always hold him back from competing for slams. 

[Dutch Eagle]

So Tsitsipas is out but Maria Sakkari advanced to R2. She won 6-4, 3-6 and 6-0.

Next opponent Wang Xi Yu from China.

[Brklyngrk]

Tsitsipas has had a good year, I believe he is right up there in wins this year.  He just hasn't been able to play well in the slams.

[Blackhawk]

Sakkari loser number 2! Lost to the Chinese. Both Tsitsipas and Sakkari need some psychological help in order to help them with their loser mentality.

[Brklyngrk]

They seem to struggle in grand slams...

Edited September 1, 2022 by Brklyngrk

[Dutch Eagle]

2023

R1 Maria Sakkari (seed #8) - Rebeka Masarova (Spain) 4-6 and 4-6 and out!

It's going from bad to worse. 

[Dutch Eagle]

Tsitsipas is seeded #7 and faces Canadian Milos Raonic in R1.

[Blackhawk]

And the slide continues. Sakkari is on her way out of the top 10, and I don't see her returning back. 

[paokarag4]

4 hours ago, Dutch Eagle said:

Tsitsipas is seeded #7 and faces Canadian Milos Raonic in R1.

And he cruises into the 2nd round with an impressive 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win. Next up he'll face Swiss qualifier Stricker.

[Dutch Eagle]

R2 and out too for Tsitsipas. 

5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-7 and 3-6.

[Blackhawk]

He is just following in Maria's footsteps. He'll be be out of the top 10 ranking sometimes by next year.

[Dutch Eagle]

2024:

R1: Maria Sakkari (seeded #9) - Wang Yafan (China) 2-6 and then Sakkari retired with an injury.

R1: Stefanos Tsitsipas (seeded #11) - Thanasis Kokkinakis (Aus)

[Blackhawk]

Looooooser!

[Dutch Eagle]

This defeat means he will be slipping away slightly on the ranking as he reached only R2 last year.

But it is from bad to worse for Stefanos (and Maria)