Sakkari: “I feel safe again in my game”

It took Maria Sakkari (No. 5) two tiebreaks and more than 2 hours to defeat American Jessica Pegula (No. 3) 2-0 in her WTA Finals debut.

After the end of the game, the 27-year-old Greek made no secret of her excitement and pointed out that she had confidence in her game again.

First, Maria Sakkari emphasized: “It’s never easy to play against Jess, she’s a great player. She has a lot of confidence at the moment and I knew it was going to be extremely difficult, but I showed confidence in my game, I was completely rested compared to our last game and I’m really happy to start with a win here.” .

About her experience in Texas and the traditional Texan hat she was photographed wearing: “I think it suits me! I haven’t worn it outside yet, but I probably will. It’s really cool, the culture of the people here, I like it. You see different things, you see people dress up with boots and hats and represent the culture of.

Everyone is very nice, in all the restaurants we have visited we have been treated very nicely. It’s exciting, more people will come to watch us in the next few days. Thank you all for coming and thank you for following women’s tennis.”

When finally informed that it was her first win of the year against a top five athlete, she said: “I didn’t know that. It came a bit late in the season but at least it came. Like I said, I turned things around last week and I feel confident in my game again, I am.” to find my form again. That’s good for this tournament, but also for next season. I look forward to continuing to play good tennis this week.”