Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkari have big hopes to bring medals for Greece at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo. Both Stefanos and Maria have a good chance to go deep in singles. In addition, they also decided to play together mix the doubles.
Tsitsipas and Sakkari already demonstrated to have great chemistry when playing doubles together. In 2019, they even managed to beat Roger Federer and Belinda Bencic in the Hopman Cup.
Stefanos and Maria were caught training in Tokyo. Here is the video.
Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021
Now ranked no.4 (career-high), Stefanos played his last match on the 16th of July when he capitulated to world no.34 Filip Krajinovic 3-6 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in Hamburg (draw).
During this season the Greek has a compiled 40-11 record. Stefanos conquered 2 titles in 2021 in Monte-Carlo and in Lyon. Tsitsipas reached the final in Acapulco, in Barcelona and at the French Open.
Maria Sakkari in 2021
Now ranked no.19, Maria played her last match on the 1st of July when she capitulated to world no.42 Shelby Rogers 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon (draw).
During this season Sakkari has achieved a compiled 22-11 match record. Maria Sakkari’s best performance of this year was reaching the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, Melbourne, Miami and at the French Open.