Maria Sakkari emphasized that she was not worried about her semifinal record before going to court to face Paula Badosa at the Indian Wells Masters semi-finals. Before the Indian Wells, Sakkari had reached the semi-finals of seven finals in his last 10 tournaments.
Only twice did Sakkari reach the finals. On Friday night at Indian Wells, Sakkari defeated Indian Wells defending champion Paula Badosa 6-2 4-6 6-1. "I will tell the deadly truth that I have never thought of.
I have a lot of people around me who tell me about the semi-finals and that I couldn't get through this, "said Sakkari, who posted on the WTA Tour website." But I never thought about it because I was always confident. and I had a great belief that I would just fix it quickly and it clicked, I think. "
"I was very worried before the game because Paula plays differently than the other girls," Sakkari told the court. “You have a very difficult game, it is clear that you love this tournament because you won it six months ago.
I had full faith and always believed in myself. three and set the Iga Swiatek final at Indian Wells.
"I thought I was holding myself back in a few games, then I tried to be aggressive, but I was still stuck and it was hard to come back because he was playing very well in his service games," Sakkari told reporters after the game.
"However, even though I lost in the second set, the way I lost was a violent play, which helped me a lot in the third set."
