Maria Sakkari won a tough three-set match against the rising star Diana Shnaider. The Greek player won 3-6 7-5 6-3 and she was not really happy during the match. Diana is used to playing at the college level in the US, where there is a lot of “passion.”

Maria was not impressed with her loud screaming to say: “If she screams one more time in my face. No, no, no, no, One more time… she’s coming towards me. One more time and I’m going to speak to the referee.”

Sakkari at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023

At the moment ranked no.

6, the Greek achieved an overall 5-1 match record in 2023. Sakkari is playing at the moment at the Australian Open where she beat the world no.117 Yue Yuan 6-1 6-4 and the world no.106 Diana Shnaider 3-6 7-5 6-3.

She is also scheduled to play in Linz (Upper Austria Ladies Linz) after Linz. The main draw will start on the 6th of February.

Diana Shnaider in 2023

Ranked no.106, Diana played her last match on the 18^th of January when she surrendered to world no.6 Maria Sakkari 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open (draw).

Currently, during this year Shnaider achieved a composed 4-2 win-loss record.

Maria Sakkari and Diana Shnaider clashed against each other only once. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari. When they played, Maria Sakkari won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne (Australian Open) on the 18^th of January 2023.