Bianca Vanessa Andreescu survives Maria Sakkari 7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Miami on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Andreescu will seek to keep on going in this event against Ashleigh Barty in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 42 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Maria Sakkari Miami Open – Miami
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:42
The Canadian won this match even if she won less points than Sakkari (109 vs. 113).
Andreescu
Bianca was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she conquered (4/8).
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek was battling in converting her break points (only 45% – 5/11). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Andreescu and Sakkari is 1-0 for Bianca.
Draw and next match H2H: Bianca Vanessa Andreescu vs. Ashleigh Barty – stats
Andreescu will compete against Barty in the final.
There is no head to head record between Bianca Vanessa Andreescu and Ashleigh Barty since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Bianca won the set after she broke the Greek in the 4th (3-1) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Anyhow, Andreescu didn’t lose the lead to finally clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 7.
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 5 minibreaks in the 3rd (2-1), 6th (4-2), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7) and 16th (9-7) point. On the other side, Sakkari won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4) and 13th (7-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 9-7
Bianca was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). The Canadian saved 2 set points when she was 5-6 and 6-7 down. On the other side, Sakkari converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).
They played 86 points. This set was so close that, Andreescu won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Canadian surrendered 17 points on serve (28-17). On the other side, Sakkari conceded 15 points on serve (26-15).
Sakkari won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Greek broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Andreescu was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 6 games of the set when the score went from 1-3 to 6-3.
They contested 62 points. Sakkari won 8 more points than Bianca (35-27). Maria conceded 11 points on serve (21-11). on the other side of the net, Andreescu conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Andreescu won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (5-6) game, Bianca broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game before bringing the set at the tiebreak that she won 7-4.
Tiebreak
The Canadian won 4 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 6th (4-2), 7th (5-2) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, the Greek won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (3-6) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
They played 77 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Canadian won this set even if she scored less points 1 than Maria (38-39). The Canadian conceded 16 points on serve (23-16). On the losing side, the Greek conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-67 3-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ashleigh BartyBarty – Bianca Vanessa AndreescuVanessa Andreescu (0-0) – H2H details and stats
