Maria Sakkari too good for Pohankova in the 3rd round – WUHAN RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS

WUHAN OPEN - WUHAN DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari soars past Pohankova

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Maria Sakkari breezes past Mia Pohankova 6-1 6-4 in the 3rd round in Wuhan on Thursday after playing a great match to clash against Maja Chwalinska in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the semifinal in 2017. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Wuhan
Sakkari's Record

Maria added to her prize money $ 49,250 after winning this match. She has already won $ 98,500 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 98,500 to her earnings to get in total $ 197,000 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Mia Pohankova Wuhan Open – Wuhan

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Pohankova
Maria Sakkari
6-1 6-4
1h:24
Mia Pohankova
61
61
Total points
44
44
21
21
Winners
16
16
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
59%
59%
1st in
57%
57%
64%
64%
1st won
57%
57%
21/33
21/33
1st won
16/28
16/28
57%
57%
2nd won
29%
29%
13/23
13/23
2nd won
6/21
6/21
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
2/6
2/6
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 61 points vs. the Slovakian’s 44.

Sakkari

The Greek was pretty effective at converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).

Pohankova

On the other side, the Slovakian had a tough time converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

After this contest, the head to head between Sakkari and Pohankova is 1-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Maja Chwalinska – stats

Sakkari will come up against Chwalinska in the quarter.

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Maja Chwalinska clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Sakkari and Chwalinska (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Chwalinska won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the 3rd round in Paris back in May 2026.

Live score progression and stats

Sakkari enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Mia Pohankova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. Sakkari managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Mia in the 4th (4-0) game before conquering the set (6-1).

Maria was unable to break the Slovakian in the 6th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when the Greek won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Maria converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (3-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 40 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Pohankova (27-13). Maria lost 5 points on serve (16-5). On the other side, Mia conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

Sakkari was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Mia Pohankova in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for the Greek to win the set since the Slovakian succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (3-5) game. The Greek maintained her cool to break the Slovakian in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-4).

A crucial moment of this set was when Maria won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.

Maria was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Slovakian converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (1-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-5 0-40).

They played 65 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Maria won just 3 points more than Pohankova (34-31). Maria surrendered 17 points on serve (18-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Pohankova conceded 16 points on serve (14-16).

 

Tennis Scores in Wuhan

  • Maria SakkariSakkari – Mia PohankovaPohankova (6-1 6-4)
  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (6-1 1-6 6-4)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Karolina MuchovaMuchova (7-5 6-3)
  • Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Hanyu GuoGuo (6-1 6-4)
  • Sonay KartalKartal – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (6-2 6-0)
  • Maja ChwalinskaChwalinska – Iva JovicJovic (6-4 6-1)

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