Tennis participant Maria Sakkari complains of ‘weed’ scent earlier than shock defeat at US Open

A top-10 tennis participant stated she may scent “weed” on court docket throughout her US Open match earlier than struggling a shock defeat.

Maria Sakkari was main opponent Rebeka Masarova 4-1 within the first set when she signalled to the umpire of the scent, which she would make clear as “weed” in a post-match press convention.

The Greek participant complained of the scent saying: “Oh my God… I think it’s from the park”.

She added: “We were practising here yesterday and it was the same”, earlier than quizzically shrugging and wiping herself down.

The quantity eight seed would go on to lose the match 6-4, 6-4, crashing out of the Grand Slam to Spaniard Masarova ranked 71 on the planet.

Sakkari didn’t attribute her defeat to the scent, nonetheless.

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Speaking to the press after the sport she stated: “It wasn’t the smell that affected the scoring.

“It was only a remark as a result of it was smelling rather a lot, nevertheless it has nothing to do with the match.”

She insisted that the scent was “irrelevant” including that “sometimes it smells food, sometimes it smells cigarettes, sometimes it smells weed, it’s something we cannot control because we are in an open space.

“There is a park behind, individuals can do no matter they need.”

Evidently upset within the press convention, Sakkari clarified that she “did not pay attention” to the marijuana scent after initially detecting it.

Australian participant Nick Kyrgios reportedly complained of an analogous scent in the course of the match final 12 months.