Maria Sakkari beats Kamilla Rakhimova 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati on Saturday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 49 minutes. Her best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2019 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Maria added to her prize money $ 21,120 after winning this match. She has already won $ 47,375 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 34,377 to her earnings to get in total $ 81,752 in total.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Kamilla Rakhimova Cincinnati Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:49
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 109 points vs. Kamilla’s 92.
Sakkari
Sakkari won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points since she converted only 42% (8/19) of the procured opportunities.
Rakhimova
On the other side, the Uzbek was battling in converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Rakhimova is 4-0 for Maria.
Live score progression and stats
Sakkari came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Kamilla Rakhimova in the 2nd game (2-0). However, there was more work to do for Sakkari to win the set as Kamilla succeeded in breaking back in the 3rd (1-2) game. The Greek maintained her cool to break Kamilla in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Sakkari failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 15.
Rakhimova was dominated in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Greek converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (3-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). Also, on the other side, Rakhimova converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A and 40-A).
They played 64 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Rakhimova (38-26). Maria lost 12 points on serve (20-12). on the other side of the court, the Uzbek conceded 18 points on serve (14-18).
The Uzbek won the set after she broke Maria 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Sakkari tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (4-4) game. Notwithstanding, the Uzbek kept the focus to win the set 7-5.
Maria had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5. Nevertheless also the Greek won 4 consecutive games from 1-4 to 5-4
Kamilla was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40), the 9th (4-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Sakkari was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 40-A and 40-A).
They played 96 points. The Uzbek was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Maria (50-46). The Uzbek lost 21 points on serve (25-21). On the losing side, Sakkari conceded 25 points on serve (25-25).
Sakkari had a favorable start in this set after breaking Kamilla Rakhimova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Maria to win the set as the Uzbek found the way to break back in the 5th (1-4) game. Sakkari maintained her cool to break the Uzbek in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).
Kamilla lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The Greek converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Kamilla was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (0-4 15-40).
They contested 41 points. The Greek won 9 points more than Kamilla (25-16). Sakkari surrendered 6 points on serve (9-6). on the other side of the court, the Uzbek conceded 16 points on serve (10-16).
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