Muguruza demolishes Sakkari to play Azarenka in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – DOHA RESULTS

QATAR TOTAL OPEN - DOHA DRAW AND RESULTS. Muguruza sweeps aside Sakkari to fight against Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Garbine Muguruza vs. Maria Sakkari

Garbine Muguruza blitzes Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Doha on Thursday after playing a terrific match to fight against Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 6 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this competition was reaching the final in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Muguruza
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Muguruza's Record

Muguruza added to her prize money $ 16,900 after winning this match. She has won already $ 32,400 so far in this tournament. If she wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.

Muguruza was glad about the outcome of the contest. She commented:

“Probably when I had the opportunity, I took it. I just went for the point and converted those break points and could close the match when I had the moment for it.

I think that’s being efficient. Sometimes you try your best and it doesn’t go your way. But today I felt like everything was going well.”

Highlights Garbine Muguruza vs. Maria Sakkari Qatar Total Open – Doha

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Muguruza
Sakkari
Garbine Muguruza
6-3 6-1
1h:06
Maria Sakkari
60
60
Total points
33
33
24
24
Winners
18
18
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
4
4
77%
77%
1st in
54%
54%
80%
80%
1st won
62%
62%
24/30
24/30
1st won
18/29
18/29
67%
67%
2nd won
24%
24%
6/9
6/9
2nd won
6/25
6/25
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
1/1
1/1
42%
42%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, Muguruza scored 60 points vs. Maria’s 33.

Muguruza

Muguruza served pretty well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind her first serve, and she won 67% points (6/9) on her second serve. Muguruza won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, Sakkari was great in converting the only break point that she converted. Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this match, the head to head between Muguruza and Sakkari is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Garbine Muguruza vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats

Muguruza will play Azarenka in the semifinal.

This will be the 5th time that Garbine Muguruza and Victoria Azarenka play each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Muguruza and Azarenka (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Muguruza won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome back in 2020.

Garbine Muguruza Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Garbine won the set after she broke Maria 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) game. However, Muguruza kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.

The Spaniard converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Maria was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 6th game (2-3 30-40).

They played 55 points. Muguruza won 11 points more than the Greek (33-22). The Spaniard conceded 5 points on serve (14-5). On the other side, the Greek conceded 19 points on serve (17-19).

Muguruza won the set after she broke the Greek in the 4th (3-1) and in the 6th (5-1) game.

Sakkari couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Spaniard converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Muguruza didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 38 points. Muguruza was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than Maria (27-11). Garbine was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the other side, Sakkari conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).

 

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