Tennis
The incredible trolling of Sampalenka in Sakkari at Tiebreak Tens
Maria Sakkari reached the final of the Tiebreak Tens but was defeated by Amanda Anisimova 10-7. The Greek tennis player knocked out Arina Sampalenka in the semifinals, who then trolled her and pretended to be angry.
Maria Sakkari (No. 6 in the world) was one of eight competitors in the Tiebreaks Tens, a three-hour tournament in Indian Wells. The Greek tennis player reached the final where she faced Amanda Anisimova (No. 21 in the world).
Sakkari suffered a 10-7 loss to the American to win the $150,000 Eisenhower Cup trophy. In fact, Anisimova announced that part of the award will be given to the Ukrainian people.
To reach the final, the 26-year-old Greek overcame the obstacle by Arina Sampalenka (No. 2) in the semifinals, without her. In fact, Belarus was in the mood for fun, so she wanted to tease Sakkari and pretended to be angry. More specifically, as he approached for the established greeting, he pretended to be angry and walked past Sakkari.
But immediately. he turned and hugged her and burst out laughing.
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