2026 Off-Topic Chat Thread

[Shell]

I easily recognise all those names other than Sakkari - any additional info would be appreciated

Shes from Athens! Made the semis of the French and US

 

[Shell]

*last year

 

[winty]

On ya Naomi!

 

[Shell]

Ok, she can be a bit of a pill sometimes.

 

[Shell]

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Maria Sakkari is a Greek professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 1 November 2021, making her the highest ever ranked female Greek player in the Open Era. Her best WTA doubles ranking is 169, achieved on 9 September 2019

Sakkari has won one singles title on the WTA Tour at the 2019 Morocco Open, where she defeated Johanna Konta in the final. She was also semifinalist of 2017 Wuhan Open, where she defeated Caroline Wozniacki en route, her first top-10 win.[2] In 2019, she reached another Premier 5 semifinal at the Italian Open where she defeated, among other players, Petra Kvitová.[3] In 2020, Sakkari reached the fourth round at both the Australian Open and US Open. In 2021, she has reached the semifinals at the French Open and the 2021 US Open making her the first woman from Greece to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.

Sakkari is known for her aggressive, all-court style of play, centered around her strong serve and powerful groundstrokes. Sakkari served the sixth most aces of any WTA player in 2020, with 144 aces served in 31 matches

 

[Shell]

Some pretty damn impressive stats there imo.

 

[Hamingja]

Sakkari is a unit. Bigger than some AFL players.

 

[Shell]

She is in crazy top notch fitness condition.

You could tell her opponent was tired at the end of that 2nd set, and therefore making errors.

 

[Shell]

Hope she does some srs damage- will obviously be barracking for her and ****.

 

[winty]

Looks like Cori Gauff might be on her way out...

 

[Shell]

Coco..

 

[Shell]

Lol I thought that was her real name.

 

[winty]

Yeah, her too.

 

[Phipppppa]

Sakkari is a unit. Bigger than some AFL players.

Got more muscle then z Guthrie and m Holmes combined

 

[Shell]

Yeah bit of an upset here on Margret Court arena

 

[winty]

Just hanging on by a thread at the moment.

 

[Shell]

Kokk's match just started on Ch9

 

[Shell]

Just wait one second here.

A comeback could be on!

 

[Shell]

Maybe not

 

[Shell]

Dang, what a great serve to win the match.

 

[Shell]

Over to the Kokk before the news..

 

[winty]

I'm still waiting to see someone invent a serve with backspin so it bounces back over the net. Would be virtually unplayable.

 

[Shell]

I'm still waiting to see someone invent a serve with backspin so it bounces back over the net. Would be virtually unplayable.

My uncle could spin the table tennis ball massively. Was just useless trying to play him- so I didnt.

It'd have to be impossible to do it as much in tennis.

 

[Munich]

Kokk is a bit down

 

[Shell]

Probably a mix of his short break and coming down off his high. + maybe pressure.