MELBOURNE RESULTS. Sakkari topples Keys in the 3rd round of the Australian Open

Maria Sakkari bests Madison Keys 6-4 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Melbourne on Friday. Sakkari will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Petra Kvitova in the 4^th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Maria won the set after she broke Madison in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8^th (5-3) game. Yet, Sakkari managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 6-4.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Maria won 5 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1.

2^nd set.

Sakkari conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 6^th (2-4) game, Sakkari broke back in the 7^th (3-4) and in the 9^th (5-4) game before winning the set 6-4.

Maria was unable to break the American in the 3^rd game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The American was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-4 to 6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Greek scored 66 points vs. Keys’s 57 points.

Maria won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points because she converted only 40% (4/10). On the other side, Madison was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Madison Keys Australian Open – Melbourne

Sakkari’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Sakkari will square off with Kvitova in the 4^th round.

This will be the 4^th time that Maria Sakkari and Petra Kvitova square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sakkari won 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Cincinnati back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the

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• Petra KvitovaKvitova – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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• Alison RiskeRiske – Julia GoergesGoerges (1-6 7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
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