Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to the Western & Southern Open semi-finals for the first time. His opponent, Reilly Opelka was forced to retire with a right knee injury down 5-6 in the first set…
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Greece’s young tennis star Maria Sakkari hit her way into the Western & Southern Open quarterfinal, after defeating former world No. 1 in women’s single tennis, Serena Williams. Sakkari defeated Williams 5-7,…
World Photography Day – a globally recognised celebration of photography and photographic history. In celebration of World Photography Day earlier this week, we remember some of the best shots and stories captured…
Greece’s tennis star Maria Sakkari revealed that she was so desperate for competition during the Covid-19 shutdown, that she considered running in the 100m at the national athletics championships. The young star…
Many artists aren’t simply adapting to these new circumstances; they’re using this time to share music that speaks directly to our current moment. Following the success of Antonis Remos, Greek Cypriot artist…
Sixteen sports personalities and sixteen popular music artists joined forces for “Μουσικές Αγάπης” (Love Music), a challenge by 24Media to raise money for Greece’s healthcare system. In the musical challenge ‘‘The Unplugged…
Greece’s young tennis star Maria Sakkari has reached a new career-high WTA ranking of number 20 in the world, becoming just the second Greek female tennis player to ever break into the…
Greece’s Maria Sakkari upset Swiss world number five Belinda Bencic 2-6 6-4 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the 2020 St. Petersburg Ladies’ Trophy in Russia. Coming into the match, the two had…
Greece’s Maria Sakkari played her absolute best in the fourth round of the 2020 Australian Open, however that wasn’t enough to secure her spot in the quarterfinals. Sakkari was defeated by world…
Greece’s tennis star Maria Sakkari beat 10th seed American Madison Keys 6-4, 6-4 to advance through to the final 16 at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Sakkari was playing a Grand Slam…
In a nail-biting second round game, Nick Kyrgios has beaten his French opponent Gilles Simon and progressed to the next round in the Australian Open. The result of the game was 6-2,…
World number 23 Maria Sakkari of Greece beat Japanese qualifier Nao Hibino 7-6 6-4 in the second round of the 2020 Australian Open. Sakkari had previously never played against Hibino, the world…
Greece’s 24-year-old tennis ace Maria Sakkari smashed her way through the first round of the Australian Open beating Russia’s Margarita Gasparyan 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour. Sakkari established herself as…
Greece’s Maria Sakkari has moved up from 29 to 22 in this week’s WTA rankings, surpassing her previous career-high of 27 in the world despite only playing one match since the US…
Sakkari falls short in San Jose semi-final Greece’s Maria Sakkari fell short in the San Jose semif-inal, losing to China’s Saisa Zheng 7/6, 6/2. Sakkari, a finalist at San Jose in 2018,…
Greece’s young tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas put in an outstanding performance on Friday at the Citi Open, winning eight consecutive games to reach the semi-finals over No. 10 seed Benoit Paire of France 7-5, 6-0. “I’m…
Greece’s Maria Sakkari defeated the Czech Republic’s Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-1 to advance to the third round at Wimbledon. The two had never played against each other before, and it was Bouzkova,…
It was a mixed day for the Greeks at Wimbledon, as Maria Sakkari defeated American Bernarda Pera in straight sets, while world number six Stefanos Tsitsipas lost in five sets to Italy’s…
Romance rumours are swirling that Greece’s hot young tennis stars Stefanos Tstisipas and Maria Sakkari are secretly dating. Stefanos and Maria have become loved by Greeks and non-Greeks worldwide as the athletes…
Greece’s young tennis star Maria Sakkari has continued her fantastic run through the clay-court season, needing only 55 minutes to beat Anna Tatishvilli from the United States and winning her first match…