Maria Sakkari blitzes Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in Paris on Thursday after playing a terrific match to deal with Elise Mertens in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This run will match her best result in this competition. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money € 29,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 113,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add € 57,000 to her earnings to get in total € 170,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Paolini
6-2 6-3
1h:08
69
69
Total points
49
49
26
26
Winners
27
27
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
20
20
Unforced
18
18
53%
53%
Ratio Unforced
47%
47%
3/5
3/5
Net Approaches
4/5
4/5
60%
60%
Perc
80%
80%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
70%
70%
1st in
76%
76%
81%
81%
1st won
49%
49%
26/32
26/32
1st won
27/55
27/55
43%
43%
2nd won
47%
47%
6/14
6/14
2nd won
8/17
8/17
178
178
Fastest serve
159
159
161
161
AVG 1st Serve
143
143
138
138
AVG 2nd Serve
122
122
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
1/3
1/3
36%
36%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 69 points vs. Jasmine’s 49.

Sakkari

Sakkari served extremely well to win 81% of the points (26/32) behind her first serve. Nonetheless she won only 43% points (6/14) 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 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Paolini

On the other side, Jasmine was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Elise Mertens – stats

Sakkari will play Mertens in the 3rd round.

This will be the 8th time that Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens square off. The head to head is 4-3 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), but Sakkari leads 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Mertens won 6-2 3-6 6-1 in the R in Zhuhai back in 2019.

Live score progression and stats

The Greek in this set didn’t concede much to Paolini and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking the Italian in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Jasmine was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-2 to 6-2.

The Greek converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40).

They contested 52 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Paolini (31-21). The Greek lost 6 points on serve (17-6). Regarding the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 14 points on serve (15-14).

Sakkari conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Mertens in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, that wasn’t sufficient for the Greek to win the set as Paolini found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Maria maintained her cool to break the Italian in the 9th (6-3) game.

Sakkari missed the chance to break Paolini in the 7th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Greek converted 37% of her break points (3/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40), the 7th (4-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Italian converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 66 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than the Italian (38-28

). Maria dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). On the other side, the Italian conceded 23 points on serve (20-23).

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