Maria Sakkari: the new star of Greek tennis

 AAP-Tennis Australia-Fiona Hamilton

AAP-Tennis Australia-Fiona Hamilton Source: AAP-Tennis Australia-Fiona Hamilton

Greece's Maria Sakkari scored her first main draw win at a Grand Slam tournament on Monday, defeating Wang Yafan, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in her Australian Open debut. Current ranked No.170, the 20-year-old worked her way through qualifying and yesterday played No.10 seed Carla Suárez Navarro - one of her favorite players . Sakkari lost 2-1 sets. After yesterdays match, at the press conference, she answered to SBS Radios Greek Language program questions. More in this report by Themi Kallos.



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