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Greece
Tennis: Greece's Maria Sakkari Moves into Roland Garros Third Round (video)
Greece’s Maria Sakkari moved into the Roland Garros third round for the first time in her career with an impressive 7-5, 6-3 victory over Spanish No. 23 seed Carla Suarez Navarro on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old world No. 38 next takes...
Greece
Tennis: Greek Teenager Tsitsipas Loses Barcelona Final to Nedal
Athenian teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas lost to the "King of Clay" Rafael Nadal in Sunday’s Barcelona Open 6-2, 6-1.
Tsitsipas, who holds 63rd place in the world, had produced the best tennis of his career and became the first Greek player...
Greece
Tennis: Greek Teenage Sensation Tsitsipas Faces Nadal at ATP Barcelona Final
Nineteen-year-old Athenian Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Spanish superstar Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Barcelona Open final after beating Spanish fifth seed Pablo Carreno Busta 7-5 6-3.
Tsitsipas, the world number 63, is producing the best tennis of his career and becomes...
Greece
Tennis: Greek Teenager Dumps 2017 Finalist out of ATP Barcelona
A Greek teenager upset the odds at the ATP Barcelona tennis tournament on Friday, beating fancied competitor Dominic Thiem.
Nineteen-year-old Athenian Stefanos Tsitsipas produced a mature and composed display to put away the Australian third-seed clay specialist on a 6-3...
Greece
Greece's No.1 Tennis Player Stefanos Tsitsipas Seeks Second ATP Trophy
Current Greek No.1 tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas is attempting his second ATP Challenger series title in two months, in Sunday's final in Brest, France.
The 19-year-old Greek tennis sensation will play against Corentin Moutet in the final of the €106,500 Open Brest Arena...
Crime
British Tennis Player Reveals Match-Fixing Offer at Greek Tournament
British tennis player Oliver Golding has shed light on a match fixing offer that he once received worth £1,794 during a tournament in Greece.
The former US Open junior champion reported the incident while also pointing out that he would think twice...
Greece
Greek Tennis Sensation Maria Sakkari in China Open Tournament Semifinal
Maria Sakkari got her second win over Alizé Cornet this year as she secured her semifinal spot at the Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open in China, by 7-6(2), 7-5.
The World No.42 had been looking for revenge after the Greek No.1...
Greece
Greek Tennis Sensation Maria Sakkari to Play Venus Williams in U.S. Open
Greek tennis sensation Maria Sakkari has made it through to the third round of the 2017 U.S. Open tournament for the first time in her career. She will be facing American world champion Venus Williams.
Maria Sakkari is coming off...
Greece
Greek Tennis Player Konstantinos Mikos Gets Lifetime Ban for Corruption
On Thursday, the Greek tennis player, Konstantinos Mikos, received a lifetime ban from competing in the sport after a Tennis Integrity Unit investigation found that he was guilty of four charges of corruption.
The investigation revealed that Mikos had offered...
Australia
Greek-Australian Tennis Player Kokkinakis Approached to Fix Matches
A few days after the BBC’s report of alleged widespread corruption in the sport of tennis, Greek-Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis has stated that he was approached with the intent to fix matches.
While being interviewed the young player said...