ST. PETERSBURG RESULTS. Elena Rybakina tops Sakkari in the semifinal

Elena Rybakina downs Maria Sakkari 3-6 7-5 6-1 in the semifinal in St. Petersburg on Saturday. Rybakina will square off with Kiki Bertens in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The Greek won the set after she broke Elena 3 times in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 9^th (6-3) game. Elena tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 4^th (2-2) game. Anyhow, the Greek kept the focus before winning the set 6-3.

The Kazakhstani couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-3 to 6-3).

2^nd set.

Rybakina conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Sakkari in the 1^st game (1-0). Nevertheless, that was not enough for Elena to win the set because Maria managed to break back in the 6^th (3-3) game. The Kazakhstani maintained her focus to break the Greek in the 11^th (6-5) game before conquering the set (7-5).

3^rd set.

Rybakina took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Sakkari in the 1^st game (1-0). Anyhow, that was not enough for Rybakina to win the set as the Greek managed to break back in the 2^nd (1-1) game. Rybakina maintained her focus to break Maria in the 3^rd (2-1), in the 5^th (4-1) and in the 7^th (6-1) game.

Maria was dominated in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Elena scored 90 points vs. the Greek’s 77 points.

The Kazakhstani didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (7/14). On the other side, the Greek didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that she conquered points (5/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Sakkari is 1-0 for Elena.

Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Maria Sakkari St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy – St. Petersburg

Next Match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Kiki Bertens – stats

Rybakina will take on Bertens in the final.

This will be the 2^nd time that Elena Rybakina and Kiki Bertens play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bertens (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Bertens won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Hertogenbosch back in 2019.

Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Maria SakkariSakkari (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Kiki BertensBertens – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Kiki BertensBertens (0-1) – See H2H details