Maria Sakkari bests the 2023 runner-up Anhelina Kalinina 7-6(4) 6-0 in the 3rd round in Rome on Sunday. Sakkari will face off with Victoria Azarenka in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Greek added to her prize money € 22,045 after winning this match. She has already won € 52,480 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add € 46,680 to her earnings to get in total € 99,160 in total.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 77 points vs. Anhelina’s 59.
Sakkari
Maria served extremely well to win 86% of the points (36/42) behind her first serve. Notwithstanding she won only 33% points (8/24) on her second serve. Sakkari didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8).
Kalinina
On the other side, Anhelina had some problems converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sakkari and Kalinina is 2-1 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Sakkari will play Azarenka in the 4th round.
This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Azarenka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Azarenka won 6-4 3-6 7-62 in the 3rd round in Montreal back in 2021.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (6-4 5-7 6-1)
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-3 6-3)
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Elise MertensMertens (6-2 6-0)
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Mayar SherifSherif (6-2 6-76 6-3)
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (6-3 6-3)
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Dayana YastremskaYastremska (6-4 6-2)
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (7-64 6-0)
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Sofia KeninKenin (6-4 4-6 6-4)
- Angelique KerberKerber – Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich (6-3 7-64)
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Linda NoskovaNoskova (3-6 6-1 6-2)
- Cori GauffGauff – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-1 0-6 6-3)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-3 6-4)
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova (7-61 6-3)
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Diana ShnaiderShnaider (5-7 6-4 6-4)
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Daria KasatkinaKasatkina (6-3 6-3)
- Madison KeysKeys – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (6-4 4-6 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Angelique KerberKerber (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Madison KeysKeys – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (1-3) – H2H details and stats
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-2) – H2H details and stats