Maria Sakkari

NEW YORK - Those familiar with New York City know it's a place where you will occasionally be confronted with the smell of marijuana. But when some of the world's most elite tennis players caught a whiff of weed during opening day of the US Open in Queens, an investigation was launched to find the possible source.

Even while she was rolling on the court, Maria Sakkari was bothered by the smell of something off it.

"It was weed," Sakkari said.

The No. 8 seed from Greece was eliminated from the US Open in the first round Monday with a 6-4, 6-4 loss to Rebeka Masarova, a match she seemed in control of until she mentioned the smell toward the chair umpire during a changeover.

World Νο 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas will be up against the 339th-ranked wildcard entrant Milos Raonic in the opening round of the 2023 US Open on Monday.

Τhe big-serving Canadian, who is making a comeback after an extended absence due to injury, had previously overcome the Greek champion at the 2020 Australian Open and once again at the Cincinnati Open within the same year.

Coco Gauff claimed the last three games of each set to defeat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3 in the DC Open women's final on Sunday for the fourth WTA Tour singles title of her career.

Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk battled back from a set down and dealt with three rain interruptions to beat eighth seed Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 on Wednesday and move into the Wimbledon second round.

Maria Sakkari took umbrage with opponent Diana Shnaider's vocal celebrations after winning points at the Australian Open on Wednesday but silenced the teenage qualifier with a finger-wagging rant on the way to a comeback 3-6 7-5 6-3 win.

Reigning U.S. and French Open champion Iga Swiatek of Poland seeks her ninth WTA title of the year and her 12th career crown when the season-ending WTA Finals begin on Oct. 31.

This is the first time in history that someone from the qualifications came to the finals and Emma Raducanu did it!
Currently the 73rd tennis player in the world, 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez from Canada, defeated Aryna Sabalenka after a great fight - 7: 6 (3), 4: 6, 6: 4.
Battle with World No. 2 lasted two hours and 24 minutes.

She once again showed her Spartan soul. Maria Sakkari was not discouraged even when things went badly against Bianca Andrescu and managed to finally qualify for the quarterfinals of the US Open, winning 2-1 sets (6-7, 7-6, 6-3) 21-year-old Canadian, after 3.30 ΄.

Un. Be. Lievable.

Petra Kvitova compared the atmosphere created by Greek Maria Sakkari's supporters on Rod Laver Arena to "a soccer match" but cut through the noise and battled back from a set down to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Sunday.