LIVE UPDATES:<\/strong> All the scores and action from US Open day one<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ufeffREAD MORE:<\/strong> Mundine rips son of league legend after Latrell leaked text<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n READ MORE: <\/strong>Spanish soccer chief ordered to resign amid kiss furore\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Sakkari was leading 4-1 in the first set on Court 17 at that point.<\/p>\n \u201cThe smell, oh my gosh,\u201d Sakkari said. \u201cI think it\u2019s from the park.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the 2023 US Open from Flushing Meadows LIVE and exclusive on Nine and <\/strong>9Now<\/strong><\/a>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n Sakkari, a semi-finalist at the US Open two years ago, said the smell of marijuana didn't affect her while playing. She had practiced on the same court and already had noticed it then.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t really think about it, because all you care is just to win the match,\u201d Sakkari said.<\/p>\n \u201cI smelled it, but that was it. Like, it wasn\u2019t something that I paid attention to.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch the 2023 US Open from August 29. Every match ad free and on demand. <\/strong>Centre court coverage in 4K UHD on Stan Sport<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Nick Kyrgios complained about smelling marijuana during a match last year, saying afterward he is asthmatic and the smell probably wasn't good for him when he was running around.<\/p>\n But Sakkari said it didn't cause any problems while competing in what became her third straight first-round exit in a grand slam tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes you smell food, sometimes you smell cigarettes, sometimes you smell weed,\u201d Sakkari said.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, it\u2019s something we cannot control, because we\u2019re in an open space. There\u2019s a park behind. People can do whatever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n