Sakkari: “I love Japan and really wanted to play well here”

Number 10 Caroline Garcia seemed to be a difficult obstacle for Maria Sakkari on the way to the semi-finals of the Pan Pacific Open, but the Greek champion, world number 6, was impressive from start to finish and managed a great qualification to the semi-finals of the institution .

In fact, immediately after her success, she revealed her… secret, emphasizing that she performs better on the court and succeeds when she smiles.

“I said it last week: If I’m happy and smiling on the pitch, I’m playing well. I enjoy my time on the pitch.”

Obviously there’s a big process involved in getting that on the pitch, but I feel like the happier and more smiling I am about it, the better I’ll play.

I love Japan and really wanted to play well here, so far it’s going really well.” The 28-year-old athlete initially emphasized and added about her confrontation with Garcia:

“I followed the same game plan as last week. Of course it’s not easy when you play against the same player twice in a few days.”

Caroline is a great player and it’s always difficult to play against her. I played very well today and I’m really happy to be in the semi-finals.”