"I wouldn't call myself a favourite" says a cautious Maria Sakkari ahead of Raducanu clash

Neither Sakkari nor Raducanu ever reached a grand slam final but the Greek player came very close earlier this year against Barbora Krejcikova who ended up winning the French Open. Sakkar had a match point in that match but failed to use it and that experience might come in handy for tomorrow's match. Asked about Raducanu and her impressive run at the US Open she said:

“She’s a new player on tour so I don’t know much about her. Obviously she’s having the tournament of her life. She deserves to be here. She has won all these matches."

And not only did Raducanu win all of those matches she did not drop a set. Out of all the players in the semi-final, she was the most dominant. That is why Sakkari is being very cautious about the match saying:

“But I wouldn’t call myself the favourite. I think we all have equal chances of winning the semi-finals and then winning the title. I would give 25 per cent to each starting tomorrow, then 50 to the two finalists.

“We are all here for a reason. We’re all playing well. It was not like we had five walkovers. I’m excited to play a second semi-final this year.”

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