She appeared particularly upset Maria Sakkari at the press conference after her loss to Marta Kostyuk in the first round of Wimbledon.
The leading Greek tennis player did not hide her bitterness about the result and with tears in her eyes she spoke about losing her goal of the 8th round.
“It doesn’t matter the score, I lost the match. 6-0 means nothing. The other girl is Top 40 in the world, he won’t give me the match by 6-0, 6-0. He will come back and play good tennis and I just lost the match“, he initially reported.
When asked about her emotional state, she replied: “Great. How should I feel? You see me cry, how do I feel; I’ve lost my last two Grand Slam debuts, how do you want me to feel? I don’t think it’s the right question when you see someone crying.
In the last two years I’ve been struggling a lot in the Grand Slams. After the semi-final at the US Open I didn’t have good results. Maybe I’m putting a lot of pressure on myself, maybe because I want to finish in the Top 8 again. It is hard to manageit’s hard»
About her goals, she said:It’s uncertain (expectations), hard to say right now when I’ve lost in two Grand Slam first rounds. You lose the opportunity to get points, although there are still many big tournaments and even one week can change everything. The goal is to finish the season in the Top 8, but after the last two slams it’s far for me».
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