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Maria Sakkari ripped a Greek tennis site as “laughable” after they described hers and Stefanos Tsitsipas’ top-10 exits as “a historic low for Greek tennis.”
After not leaving the top-10 for two and a half years, Sakkari exited the top-10 club this Monday as the 28-year-old Greek is now ranked at No. 11 in the world. Following her run to the US Open semifinal in 2021 September, Sakkari broke into the top-10 for the first time in her career and spent there over 100 weeks.
On the other side, Tsitsipas also exited the top-10 this week as the 25-year-old Greek is also now ranked at No. 11 in the world. It is the first time since 2019 March that Tsitsipas is ranked outside the top-10 in the world.
But before exiting the top-10, Sakkari – a former world No. 3 – made Greek tennis history by becoming the highest-ranked ever Greek woman. The same goes for former world No. 3 Tsitsipas when it comes to Greek men’s tennis history.
Still, Sakkari and Tsitsipas both got called out by Tennis24 Greece after their top-10 exits were confirmed.
“A historic low for Greece in the men’s and women’s rankings in the last two and a half years. @steftsitsipas and…
