Maria Sakkari burst into tears after the third consecutive Grand Slam elimination from the 1st round, but Fani Halkia expressed the opinion that the Greek tennis player will come back stronger after this moment.
“Maria is an amazing girl, very empathetic, I am very lucky to have her as my friend. All athletes have this burden, because they consider expectations for themselves or consider that others have expectations in order to cope with performance. Alone, however, we put our ceiling on each event“, the former track and field champion and Athens Olympic medalist in 2004 initially said on the “Mismatched” show of SKAI.
“We’ve seen this happen. She is very strong, because the man who expresses his feelings and cries in public, is a strong man. The weak go home and hide. This outburst, perhaps, helps. Maria doesn’t get around much in Greece, because of the trips abroad, and she doesn’t realize the love that is on her face“, he added.
And he continued, saying:I have reached a similar point. I have paused. It’s not easy. The demands are high, perhaps from others and the sponsors. I think it’s an outburst because she’s very strong, and she’ll deal with it in her head. If we had said years ago that we would have a top Greek athlete in tennis, no one would have believed it. When athletes pull off a tough moment, they brush it off and move on to their next big moment».
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