VIDEO: Tsitsipas speaks on admiration for Sakkari in joint interview at United Cup: "I used to watch her matches and she served as a source of inspiration"

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari confirmed Greece's win over Bulgaria with a doubles win yesterday and after the match, Tsitsipas spoke about his admiration for Sakkari.

They both share a common passion and that is to bring tennis to the forefront in Greece. It's been working with interest in tennis in the country at an all-time high with the country having two top 10 players in both Tours at the same time. Following their United Cup win, Tsitsipas praised Sakkari and spoke about his admiration of her.

As he's younger, Tsitsipas grew up watching her play and taking inspiration from that. He said:

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"I've been following Maria. She's been the one that made the first step on the WTA circuit. I used to watch her matches and she served as a source of inspiration and I really wanted to do the same."

Both of them take great pride in playing for Greece and the United Cup gives them a great chance to do just that.

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