“Maria Sakkari renewed her cooperation with her former mentor Tom Hill”, – WRITE: Sport.ua
The 29-year-old tennis player seeks to return to the former level of the game. The partnership recovery occurred approximately 14 months after their break. Before that, Hill trained Greek for six years – until February 2024. During this period, the sakari reached the semi-final of the Great Helmet tournaments twice, won two titles and spent two and a half years in the top 10 world ranking WTA.
Tom Hill is expected to officially start the second stage of Sakari’s cooperation on April 17 and will accompany it at the future WTA 1000 in Madrid.
After the sakari completed the 2024 season due to a shoulder injury, she has not yet been able to return the former shape. In 2025, the Greek did not win two matches in a row in the main grid in ten tournaments in a row. The last defeat in the first round of the tournament in Ruan became especially painful-Maria gave way to the 73rd rackets of the world, the Spaniards of Jessica Buzas Manairo.
“It happened better. But I am glad that healthy is the most important thing. On the one hand, it is good, and on the other – it is very difficult to accept everything that happens when you come back after the injury.
Obviously, my rating has fallen and I need to turn it back. Not only because I want to get to the TOP-10 again, but also because because of the free status, I get complex draws.
I am not high enough in the rating to avoid strong rivals in the first circles. But at the same time, if you want to reach the final stages, you need to win such tennis players no matter what round you meet with them, ”Sakari said in an interview with The Second Serve.
Maria Sakkari is now ranked 82nd in the world ranking-her worst position since 2017. This season she spent 20 matches: 7 wins and 13 defeats. The tennis player did not have such a negative indicator for the whole career.