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Greek tennis superstar Maria Sakkari fell just short of the Women's Tennis Association Final's championship game on Tuesday after losing to Estonian player Anett Kontaveit. Kontaveit-- the No.8 seed at the Finals-- pulled an upset against No.4 seed Sakkari at...

Maria Sakkari, the Greek tennis virtuoso, who is currently the seventh best player in the world, will debut at the season-ending championships, WTA finals. The 26-year-old qualified for the finals, after reaching the quarter-finals at the Kremlin Cup in...

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari cruised over No.22 seed Amanda Anisimova after only 55 minutes to book a place in the fourth round of the US Open. The No.15 seed won in rapid fashion by 6-3, 6-1 and became the...

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari came back from a set down against unseeded Bernarda Pera, a Croatian-born American, to win 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 and advance to the third round of the US Open tennis championship on Thursday. The No. 15...

Maria Sakkari pulled off one of the biggest wins of her blossoming career on Tuesday night, beating the third-seeded Serena Williams in the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati. The Greek champion won with 2-1 sets (5-7, 7-6, 6-1), appearing...

Top Greek tennis player Maria Sakkari on Monday tried to dispel rumors that she is currently secretly dating Stefanos Tsitsipas, while coyly adding "one never knows what the future will bring." The two tennis stars have become beloved by Greeks...

Maria Sakkari, the Greek tennis champion, pulled off an incredible comeback against top seed Elina Svitolina to become the second semifinalist at the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Trailing 6-1, 5-2, Sakkari saved four match points to force a decider, and...

Greek tennis champion Maria Sakkari beat France’s Kristina Mladenovic, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0, to reach the semifinals of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome on Friday evening, according to the World Tennis Association website. After losing the first set, Sakkari made a...

Greece's Maria Sakkari lifted her first WTA trophy in style at the Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Morocco on Saturday, coming back from a set down against Johanna Konta in the final to triumph 2-6,...

Greece's top tennis player Maria Sakkari lost in the WTA final to Mihaela Buzarnescu, despite raising her level after scoring a 3-6 7-5 6-2 triumph for the place in her first career final. Maria was incapable of creating the second...

After overwhelming the US tennis legend Venus Williams Greece's Maria Sakkari produced another exhilarating performance at the San Jose tournament to beat American Danielle Collins in three sets (3-6, 7-5, 6-2). Down a set and 1-4, she clawed her way...

Maria Sakkari of Greece upset third-seeded Venus Williams 6-4, 7-6 (2) on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic. Sakkari came back from 0-3 in the first set and 3-5 in the second set. She advanced...

Greece’s Maria Sakkari moved into the Roland Garros third round for the first time in her career with an impressive 7-5, 6-3 victory over Spanish No. 23 seed Carla Suarez Navarro on Wednesday. The 22-year-old world No. 38 next takes...

Maria Sakkari beat World No.5 Karolina Pliskova, in the second round of the Italian Open on Wednesday. The loss was a shock for Pliskova as she was beaten 3-6 6-3 7-5 by World No.42, Sakkari. Pliskova came into the match after...

Maria Sakkari got her second win over Alizé Cornet this year as she secured her semifinal spot at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open in China, by 7-6(2), 7-5. The World No.42 had been looking for revenge after the Greek No.1...