Maria Sakkari advanced to the 3rd round of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year, by beating Diana Schneider in 3 sets 6-3, 5-7, 3-6.
The athlete from Greece, the sixth favorite of the competition, known for her choleric temper, had a new moment when she lost her temper.
Diana Schneider, number 106 WTA, managed to knock her opponent out of her mind. Points scored by a player from Russia were accompanied by loud screams that disturbed Maria Sakkari.
When Schneider tied the score at 5 in the 2nd set and roared, Sakkari approached the chair umpire threateningly, asking him to take action.
“If he screams in front of me again. If he yells in front of me again… No, no, no… If he yells again… Yells at me… I’ll talk to a supervisor,” Maria Sakkari told the head umpire.
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