The reason for Maria Sakkari proving that the apple under the tree will fall!

It is only seventeen years old and her name is already featured in the world ranking with the top tennis players in the world. With shining example of her mother and for many years Greece tennis champion, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, promising Mary Saqqara opens its wings and prepares to dazzle everyone.

This newspaper reported Espresso on the young tennis player, proving that … Apple under the apple tree will fall, as it seems that the goal is to manage to surpass even her mother.

She says, told the newspaper that wants to be able to compete with a passion to do so proud of her country, and her family, who supports the first time, he says.

Recalled that her mother Maria, Angela Kanellopoulos, was the first woman tennis player who played the famous Roland Garros tennis tournament in France. "The truth about what was a gymnast my mother I learned when I was 11 years. then go to my grandmother's house, saw the cup and play with them without knowing what it is. All this because she did not want to deal any of her children to professional tennis, which is a hard and painful sport, "notes Maria Sakkari.

"I am proud because my mother was able to glorify the country," she maintains, and continues: "She reached the 40 best tennis players in the world. I feel lucky that I have, and understand why I need, "says 17 year old tennis player.

For its part, the world champion, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, confirms this. "My children and my husband is everything in my life."

Source: 24h NewsRoom