By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Monday, August 28, 2023
NEW YORK—Maria Sakkari is contemplating urgent pause on enjoying after one other painful main exit.
The US Open first spherical was the ultimate cease for the eighth-seeded Sakkari, who squandered a 4-1 first-set lead dropping 11 of the final 15 video games falling to Spaniard Rebeka Masarova 6-4, 6-4.
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It was Sakkari’s third straight Grand Slam opening-round exit and her ninth first-round main loss in 31 Grand Slam appearances.
World No. 8 Sakkari, who tuned up for the US Open reaching the Washington, DC closing earlier this month, stated she’s contemplating taking a break from tennis after her Flushing Meadows collapse to attempt to clear her head.
“Είναι επίπονο, ντροπιάζω τον εαυτό μου, τους ανθρώπους μου και όλους τους Έλληνες”
Οι δηλώσεις της Μαρίας Σάκκαρη στο Eurosport Greece, μετά τον αποκλεισμό από την Rebeka Masarova 🎙️🇬🇷#USOpen | @mariasakkari pic.twitter.com/8O1MQHBpni
— Eurosport Greece (@EurosportGR) August 28, 2023
“I believe my degree was under zero, it’s extremely unhealthy on the degree I’m at like this, it hurts me rather a lot, it’s extremely, very tough to take care of it in the mean time, it is painful,” Sakkari told Eurosport Greece in comments translated by SDNA. “The query is what I’ll do from tomorrow, the opportunity of taking a break and placing my thoughts so as and my ideas is a state of affairs.
“The other scenario is to keep going and try my best this year.”
Last month, Sakkari dished out a first-set bagel to Marta Kostyuk at Wimbledon earlier than the Ukrainian stormed again for a 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 first-round victory. That got here after Karolina Muchova out-dueled Sakkari 7-6(5), 7-5 within the Roland Garros opener. World No. 43 Muchova went on to knock off world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka and attain her maiden main closing in Paris.
Confessing she’s sometrimes struck by nervousness on the courtroom at occasions, the 2021 US Open and Roland Garros semifinalist stated this defeat is sort of a uncooked wound that leaves her feeling like she’s letting herself and Greek individuals down.
“It’s very fresh at the moment to say what’s right or what I want to do because it’s also the emotions of the race, there are these two scenarios in my mind,” Sakkari stated. “It’s very frustrating, I feel like I’m shaming myself, I’m shaming my own people, I’m shaming all Greeks.”
The 71st-ranked Masarova, who scored her first Top 10 win in 5 makes an attempt, strikes on to a second-round assembly vs. world No. 64 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova.
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