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Mourning for Maria Sakkari: Her grandfather Dimitris Kanellopoulos “passed away”

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The news of the death of Dimitris Kanellopoulos was announced by Maria Sakkari’s mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulos, through a moving post on social media

Heavy mourning for the family of Maria Sakkarias the grandfather of the Greek tennis player “passed away”, Dimitris Kanellopoulosone of the oldest and greatest coaches in the country.

The news of the death of Dimitris Kanellopoulos was announced by the mother of Maria Sakkari, Angeliki Kanellopoulouthrough a touching post on social media.

«My dear dad … You were the best dad in the world and the best tennis coach. You will always be inside me, with me. With us.!!!“, Writes Angeliki Kanellopoulou excitedly.

Dimitris Kanellopoulos was a very important chapter in the history of Greek tennis and the Athens Tennis Club, where he began his contact with tennis as a ball boy in 1948. He was first in the men’s doubles in 1961 and second in 1957, 1960, 1963 and 1964, first in the doubles mixed in 1966 and second in 1964 and 1965. He had participated in many domestic and foreign tournaments, while he had participated with the National team in the Davis Cup in 1964.

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