After a four-year title drought, Maria Sakkari is finally back in the winner’s circle on the Hologic WTA Tour after defeating late on Friday Caroline Dolehide in the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open AKRON final.
Since winning her first Hologic WTA Tour singles title at Rabat in May of 2019, Maria Sakkari lost her next six finals. But after a magnificent week in Guadalajara, the Greek is a champion on tour once again.
No.2 seed Sakkari ended the Cinderella run of 111th-ranked Caroline Dolehide of the United States in the Guadalajara Open AKRON final on Saturday night, posting a 7-5, 6-3 victory and capturing her second career title after a four-year drought.
Sakkari said after her win: “It’s amazing, I’m speechless.”
“It’s been four-and-a-half years since I won my first title, and I just finally won my second one.
“All these thoughts that I’ve been having all this time were very tough to overcome, and I’m just very proud of myself that I did it this week.”
She added: “”I feel like I haven’t really realized what I did this week, and it’s going to take a little bit of time. But at the same time, I just want to really enjoy the moment today and tomorrow, and just keep working hard, because I’m sure that more are going to come in the future.”