“Very proud of myself”: Maria Sakkari expresses satisfaction after Guadalajara Open triumph
WTAMonday, 25 September 2023 at 04:00
Greece’s tennis star Maria Sakkari has revealed that she is
very proud of her performance in the recently concluded WTA 1000 Guadalajara
Open.
The 28-year-old defeated America’s Caroline Dolehide in
straight sets in the final with a score of 7-5, 6-3 to lift her second WTA
title.
Sakkari was quoted in a report recent where she expressed
that she is proud of her recent performances, especially after the US Open debacle.
“I'm just very proud of myself,” she said. “Being like that
at the US Open, wanting to take a break, & then finding the joy again
during the week. It's a big title, my biggest title, it means so much.
“But over everything, it's just pure happiness & pure
joy. I play tennis for a living. That's pretty cool. I didn't give myself a
chance to enjoy it in the past. I told myself, you owe it to yourself to have
fun.
“And this is what happened this week. I only had one goal
this week: just to be happy. If you watched a couple of my matches, you saw me
smiling more than usual on the court. That was my goal.
“I was just very happy that I could do it because that was
the key for me to get myself back and feel good on the court and feel happy and
appreciate what I do.”
The victory was a special one as Sakkari was knocked out of
the fourth and final Grand Slam of the year after losing the Rebeka Masarova of
Spain in the first round in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
Even before that, the Athens-born was having a hard time in competing
at the highest level as she failed to qualify in the fourth round or beyond in
any of the Grand Slams this year.
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