{"id":20731,"date":"2026-09-02T04:37:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/maria-sakkari-stages-stunning-comeback-at-us-open\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T04:37:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:37:12","slug":"maria-sakkari-stages-stunning-comeback-at-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/maria-sakkari-stages-stunning-comeback-at-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Sakkari Stages Stunning Comeback at US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3 id=\"h-maria-sakkari-survived-a-major-scare-at-the-us-open-fighting-back-from-a-set-and-a-break-down-to-defeat-american-qualifier-robin-montgomery-2-6-7-5-6-2-and-reach-the-second-round\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maria Sakkari survived a major scare at the US Open, fighting back from a set and a break down to defeat American qualifier Robin Montgomery 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and reach the second round.<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greek No. 32 seed appeared to be heading for a shock first-round exit after Montgomery, ranked 187th in the world, dominated the opening stages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 21-year-old American took the first set 6-2 and then raced into a 4-0 lead in the second, leaving Sakkari on the verge of a highly unexpected elimination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sakkari, however, dramatically turned the match around at that point. The Greek rallied to win five consecutive games, taking control of the set before eventually closing it out 7-5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the momentum firmly on her side, Sakkari produced a much stronger performance in the deciding set. She continued to pressure Montgomery and completed the comeback with a convincing 6-2 victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The win sends Sakkari into the second round, where she will face Ukraine\u2019s Yuliia Starodubtseva, who defeated Germany\u2019s Ella Seidel 6-2, 6-2 in her opening match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sakkari entered the tournament ranked No. 32, while Montgomery came through qualifying to reach the main draw.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/74a7af42a3ee68b1eb9b880b91e3e713144e269e50db87b04a35501c8e1351f8?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Kosta Papadopoulos<\/h5>\n<p>Kosta Papadopoulos is an editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, travel, sport, and entertainment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/09\/02\/maria-sakkari-stages-stunning-comeback-at-us-open\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria Sakkari survived a major scare at the US Open, fighting back from a set and a break down to defeat American qualifier Robin Montgomery 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and reach the second round. The Greek No. 32 seed appeared to be heading for a shock first-round exit after Montgomery, ranked 187th in the world, dominated &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Maria Sakkari Stages Stunning Comeback at US Open\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/maria-sakkari-stages-stunning-comeback-at-us-open\/#more-20731\" aria-label=\"Read more about Maria Sakkari Stages Stunning Comeback at US Open\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/sakkari.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}