Maria Sakkari, the third-ranked player in the WTA rankings, received a marriage proposal from the audience during the exhibition doubles match she and Stefanos Tsitsipas played against Matteo Berrettini and Katarina Zavatska.
Just as Sakkari was about to serve, she was halted by the playful proposal. She politely responded, “I have a boyfriend. Sorry!” Since 2020, Maria Sakkari has supposedly been dating Konstantinos Mitsotakis, the son of the Greek prime minister.
During the same exhibition match, Stefanos Tsitsipas motivated his doubles partner Sakkari to serve so strong that their opponent Matteo Berrettini couldn’t return.
He said that if his partner succeeded, he will donate $10,000 to the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund.
Days prior to the U.S. Open, the year’s final Grand Slam tournament, Tennis Plays for Peace included WTA players Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff, Maria Sakkari, Leylah Fernandez, Dayana Yastremska, Katarina Zavatska, and Daria Snigur alongside ATP players Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Matteo Berrettini, and Carlos Alcaraz.
Sakkari will begin the U.S. Open from the main draw on August 29. Her most notable accomplishment this season was making it to the finals in St. Petersburg and Indian Wells.
There's been discriminatory chanting in the stands, a team bus pelted with stones, a game called off because of crowd trouble, and precious few goals on the field.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
NEW YORK – Consul General of Greece in New York Dinos Konstantinou in collaboration with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America hosted the opening reception of the moving exhibition Echoes of Asia Minor: Life, Catastrophe and Resilience on November 29 at the Consulate General of Greece in New York.
NEW YORK – Greek-French vocalist George Perris has released a charming Christmas album, titled ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.
BERKELEY, CA – The Greek Chamber Music Project (GCMP) presents Music of Resistance, an epic tribute concert to the late composer and activist-politician Mikis Theodorakis.
ATHENS - The SNFCC Christmas World comes to life at 7 PM (local time) on Friday, December 1, enveloping the entire city in the festive spirit of Christmas.
LONDON - The British Museum can continue to explore solutions with Greece regarding the Parthenon Sculptures "whether or not [British Prime Minister] Rishi Sunak meets the Greek prime minister or not," British Museum Chair George Osborne said in his latest Political Currency podcast, following a "diplomatic spat" caused by Sunak's last-minute cancellation of a meeting with his Greek counterpart.
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