Maria Sakkari hustles Yulia Putintseva 6-4 7-69 in the 2nd round in New York on Monday. Sakkari will try to keep the momentum against Serena Williams in the 3rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Maria conquered in the 10th game (6-4).

Sakkari was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 10th game (5-4 0-40). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 49 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Putintseva (29-20). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the court, the Kazakhstani conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).

Maria won the set after she broke the Kazakhstani in the 4th (3-1) game. Putintseva tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. However, Maria refused to give way to ultimately clinch the set at the following breaker at 9.

Tiebreak

Sakkari won 5 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3), 11th (6-5), 14th (7-7), 19th (10-9) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, Yulia won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 12th (6-6) and 13th (7-6) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 11-c

The Greek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 0-40). The Greek saved 2 set points when she was 6-7 and 7-8 down. On the other side, Yulia was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 5th game (1-3 30-40).

They contested 88 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 4 more points than Putintseva (46-42). The Greek surrendered 13 points on serve (28-13). Regarding the other side of the net, Putintseva conceded 18 points on serve (29-18).

Sakkari will add to her prize money $ 7,800 after winning this match. She has won already $ 22,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 21,000 to her earnings to earn $ 43,000 in total.

Match Statistics

Sakkari
Putintseva
6-4 7-69
75
75
Total points
62
62
30
30
Winners
34
34
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
58%
58%
1st in
65%
65%
79%
79%
1st won
74%
74%
30/38
30/38
1st won
34/46
34/46
68%
68%
2nd won
44%
44%
19/28
19/28
2nd won
11/25
11/25
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
1/1
1/1
50%
50%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 75 points vs. Putintseva’s 62.

Maria served pretty well to win 79% of the points (30/38) behind her first serve, and she won 68% points (19/28) on her second serve. The Greek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (2/4). On the other side, The Kazakhstani was fantastic in converting the only break point that she converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Putintseva is 2-1 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Serena Williams – stats

Sakkari will face Williams in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Serena Williams since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

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