Maria Sakkari powers past Naomi Osaka 6-0 6-4 in the quarter in Miami on Wednesday after playing a great match to come up against Bianca Vanessa Andreescu or Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semifinal. The match lasted just 1 hour and 9 minutes. With this win, Sakkari ends Naomi Osaka 23-match winning streak.
This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sakkari was happy about how things unfolded. She commented:
“I don’t think tennis-wise it was like the best tennis I have ever played in my life. I think I executed our strategy with Tom really well. I just did what I had to do. I’m not gonna tell you what. What we discussed before the match, I just did it most of the match, except maybe a couple of games where things didn’t go right.”
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Naomi Osaka Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:09
At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 64 points vs. Naomi’s 42.
Sakkari
The Greek served pretty well to win 76% of the points (22/29) behind her first serve, and she won 54% points (7/13) on her second serve. The Greek won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points since she converted only 33% (5/15) of the procured opportunities.
Osaka
On the other side, the Japanese didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Osaka is 2-3 for Naomi.
Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu or Sara Sorribes Tormo – stats
Sakkari will play either Bianca Vanessa Andreescu or Sara Sorribes Tormo in the semifinal. The head to head is 0-0 vs. Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and 0-0 vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much story in this set as Maria conceded no games to Osaka before winning the set 6-0.
The Japanese lost the 1st game (1-0) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0.
The Greek converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (2-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 5th game (4-0 0-40). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 34 points. The Greek won 18 points more than Naomi (26-8). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (12-2). In addition, on the other side, the Japanese conceded 14 points on serve (6-14).
Vanessa had a racing start in this set after breaking Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, Sakkari was not done to come back to break Osaka in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Naomi capitulated the 9th game (5-4) when she had 3 consecutive game points when leading 40-0. Osaka was not able to offer any resistance in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-4 to 6-4.
Maria converted 22% of her break points (2/9). She had 9 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 40-A). In addition on the other side, Osaka converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).
They contested 72 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Japanese (38-34). Sakkari lost 11 points on serve (17-11). On the losing side, Osaka conceded 21 points on serve (23-21).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Anastasija SevastovaSevastova (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (1-5) – H2H details and stats
