Maria Sakkari beats the defending champion Iga Swiatek 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Paris on Wednesday. Sakkari will clash against Barbora Krejcikova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 35 minutes. This will be her best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money € 120,000 after conquering this match. She has won already € 375,000 up to now in this event. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add € 375,000 to her earnings to get in total € 750,000.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Iga Swiatek French Open – Paris

Sakkari’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Swiatek
6-4 6-4
1h:35
69
69
Total points
54
54
29
29
Winners
23
23
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
24
24
Unforced
25
25
49%
49%
Ratio Unforced
51%
51%
6/8
6/8
Net Approaches
5/6
5/6
75%
75%
Perc
83%
83%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
54%
54%
83%
83%
1st won
70%
70%
29/35
29/35
1st won
23/33
23/33
52%
52%
2nd won
43%
43%
14/27
14/27
2nd won
12/28
12/28
182
182
Fastest serve
179
179
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
158
158
145
145
AVG 2nd Serve
116
116
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
Total
1/6
1/6
38%
38%
Won
17%
17%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 69 points vs. Iga’s 54.

Sakkari

Maria served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (29/35) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (14/27) on her second serve. The Greek won this match even if she wasn’t that great in converting her break points after she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.

Swiatek

On the other side, Swiatek had a tough time converting her break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Barbora Krejcikova – stats

Sakkari will take on Krejcikova in the semifinal.

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Barbora Krejcikova square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Krejcikova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Krejcikova won 6-2 7-64 in the 1st round in Dubai back in March 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Krejcikova had a racing start in this set after breaking Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). However, the Greek found the way to come back to break Iga in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4

).

Iga couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.

Sakkari conceded 15 points on serve (23-15). On the losing side, the Pole conceded 14 points on serve (17-14).

Sakkari was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Maria to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

Sakkari converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 54 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 10 more points than Swiatek (32-22). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

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