Sakkari beat Muguruza in Abu Dhabi. Can she do it again in Doha? HIGHLIGHTS

Maria Sakkari is going to clash against Garbine Muguruza in the quarterfinal in Doha on Thursday on Centre court at 8.30pm (estimated). This wil be the second time that Maria and Garbine play against each other after the Greek defeated Muguruza in January7-5 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Abu Dhabi. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes.

Here the report of their last match.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Garbine Muguruza Abu Dhabi Tennis Open – Abu Dhabi

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari

Muguruza

7-5 6-4
1h:52

85

85

Total points

72

72

30

30

Winners

36

36

35%

35%

Ratio Winners

50%

50%

-- Serve --

11

11

Aces

1

1

5

5

Double Faults

1

1

53%

53%

1st in

73%

73%

75%

75%

1st won

61%

61%

30/40

30/40

1st won

36/59

36/59

58%

58%

2nd won

50%

50%

21/36

21/36

2nd won

11/22

11/22

-- Break Points --

3/9

3/9

Total

1/13

1/13

33%

33%

Won

8%

8%

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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 85 points vs. Muguruza’s 72.

Sakkari

The Greek served extremely well to win 75% of the points (30/40) behind her first serve, and she won 58% points (21/36) on her second serve. The Greek blasted 11 aces and she committed 5 double faults. Sakkari won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Muguruza

On the other side, Muguruza had a tough time converting her break points (only 8% – 1/13). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Live score progression and stats

Sakkari won the set after she broke Garbine in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Muguruza tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nevertheless, the Greek maintained the focus to win the set 7-5.

Sakkari wasted a good opportunity to break the Spaniard in the 9^th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Sakkari converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 7^th (3-3 0-40), the 9^th (5-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11^th game (5-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Muguruza converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 8^th (3-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10^th game (4-5 15-40).

They contested 86 points. Sakkari won 8 more points than the Spaniard (47-39). Sakkari lost 13 points on serve (25-13). on the other side of the court, Muguruza conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Maria snatched in the 7^th game (4-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

Sakkari converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 30-40) and the 7^th game (3-3 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard was unable to convert any of her 7 break points. She had 7 break points opportunities in the 4^th (2-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10^th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 68 points. Sakkari won 4 more points than Muguruza (36-32). Sakkari lost 11 points on serve (25-11). In addition, on the other side, Muguruza conceded 11 points on serve (21-11).