There is nothing wrong with Maria Sakkariphysically. She is not injured currently, so her form should be good. But in the first round of the French Open, she lost to unseeded Varvara Gracheva even though the Greek won the first set. Sakkari appeared to be playing well until she was, well…not
Sakkari is currently the WTA No. 7 and has been ranked as high as No. 3. She is always a threat to go deep in a tournament, but she rarely wins one. The 28-year-old has only won two tournaments in her professional life. If her physical fitness is not the issue, then her mental focus must be, right
That is what the Greek believes, but the issue is she does not know how to correct the problem. For the second-straight year, she lost in the opening round of the French Open even though she is, historically, a good clay court player. One of her titles, the Rabat Open, was on clay. She even made the semifinals at Roland Garros in 2021