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Maria Sakari suffered a first-round loss at the US Open and had difficulty playing due to the smell of marijuana during the match. Eighth seed Sakri of Greece lost 4-6, 4-6 to Rebecca Massarova. He said, ‘It was some kind of grass.’ During the match, he was in control of the match with a 4–1 lead before the chair umpire mentioned foul smell.
Sakari then said, ‘This stench, I think, is coming from the park.’ Sakari said that the smell of marijuana did not bother him while playing. He practiced in this court on Sunday and mentioned it even then. “You don’t think about it because you just want to win the match,” said Sakri, who reached the semi-finals of the US Open two years ago. I smelled it, that’s all. I didn’t pay attention to it.
Nick Kyrgios also complained about the smell of marijuana during matches last year, saying he has asthma and doesn’t like the smell. Sakri, who made her third consecutive first-round exit at a Grand Slam tournament, said it did not faze her. He said, ‘Sometimes it smells of food, sometimes of cigarettes and sometimes of grass (marijuana)’. He said, ‘I mean it’s not in your hands because you’re out in the open. Behind it is a park. People can do whatever they want.