With a pretty good performance and against the combative Nuria Parithas (No.79), Maria Sakkari took the victory with 2-0 sets (6-1, 7-6) and passed to the second round of the tournament in Linz, Austria, with herself to be quite satisfied.
“I played great in the first set, solid from the first point. I got the break early, then I did some more and that helped. I served well throughout the match, but I went belly up in the second set when I was leading 6-5. She played really well in the second, she was solid, so I’m happy that I found solutions in the end.
I think my bases were good. I didn’t do many things wrong, maybe I could have come back a little better. Maybe I should have been more courageous, more aggressive and taken risks on opportunities.
My nose suddenly ran for no reason in the second set and I went to the bench. When you play indoors, you breathe differently. It happened to me last year too when I played indoors. I’m not sick, she just ran.
It was sad that I had to retire four years ago, I’m happy to be back as No.1 on the board. The court suits my game, I’ll try to stay as long as possible and maybe we’ll eat another schnitzel!”, he said characteristically to questions from journalists.
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