Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou is now in the top four of the World Deaf Tennis Championship in Heraklion and is seriously bidding for a medal.
After the British Phoebe Suthers, she overcame – more difficult than the final score indicates – and the obstacle of the Polish Sara Twardowska (No. 7 on the board) with a 2-0 set (6-3, 6-1) and advances to her goal which is winning a medal.
Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou, after qualifying for the semi-finals, spoke on the EOAK website and emphasized that: “Today I knew from the beginning that I would have a difficult match. Firstly, because I faced this particular opponent in France and lost in the final. Secondly, because my goal was to reach at least the semi-finals and all this created an anxiety and anxiety about the victory.
And finally, because she was an opponent whose play style threw me off balance and didn’t match my own personal play style. If you look at the score, you would think it was an easy match, but it was quite the opposite. It was a difficult game, close I would say, but I managed to stay focused at the critical points and close the games myself.”
As for the future, she pointed out that: “I am very happy and satisfied with my result today, but somewhere here I stop and start watching the next match against a strong and experienced athlete. I am optimistic and determined to give my best.”
In the mixed pairs with Samartzidis
A little later, Vasiliki Kalogeropoulou, duo with Grigoris Samartzidis in the mixed, failed to make it to the quarter-finals, with opponents the Japanese duo of Imai Haruto/Riko Suzuki, after being defeated 2-0 sets (6-3, 6-4) .
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