Barbora Krejcikova overcomes Maria Sakkari 7-5 4-6 9-7 in the semifinal in Paris on Thursday. Krejcikova will clash against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final. The battle lasted 3 hours and 18 minutes. Barbora won the match after saving a match point and after converting his 5th.
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 2020. Here you can see her history at this event.
Barbora added to her prize money € 375,000 after winning this match. She has won already € 750,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Barbora will add € 650,000 to her earnings to get in total € 1,400,000 in total.
Highlights Barbora Krejcikova vs. Maria Sakkari French Open – Paris
Krejcikova’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:18
At the end of the match, the Czech scored 126 points vs. Sakkari’s 118.
Krejcikova
Krejcikova won this match even if she was far from perfect in converting her break points as she converted only 47% (7/15) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, the Greek didn’t lose the concentration in converting 55% of the break points that she procured points (6/11). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.
After this contest, the head to head between Krejcikova and Sakkari is 3-0 for Barbora.
Draw and next match H2H: Barbora Krejcikova vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – stats
Krejcikova will compete against Pavlyuchenkova in the final.
There is no head to head record between Barbora Krejcikova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Pavlyuchenkova enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Krejcikova refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Maria 4 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3), in the 8th (5-3) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Czech failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 0.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Czech won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 1-3 to 5-3.
Krejcikova converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 40-A and 40-A), the 8th (4-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Maria converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 0-40).
They contested 74 points. The Czech was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Maria (39-35). The Czech surrendered 19 points on serve (19-19). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 20 points on serve (16-20).
Pavlyuchenkova started the set strong after breaking Krejcikova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. Nevertheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Sakkari to win the set since Krejcikova managed to break back in the 6th (2-4) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Sakkari won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
They contested 67 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 5 more points than the Czech (36-31). Sakkari surrendered 13 points on serve (21-13). on the other side of the court, Barbora conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Barbora clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Barbora broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 16th game to conquer the set 9-7.
The Czech converted 12% of her break points (1/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A), the 9th (4-5 30-40 and 40-A), the 14th (7-6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 16th game (8-7 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sakkari converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had her opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40).
They contested 103 points. Krejcikova conquered the set after winning 9 more points than the Greek (56-47). The Czech surrendered 12 points on serve (31-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 25 points on serve (35-25).
Tennis Scores at the
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-5 4-6 9-7) – Stats and score progression
- Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (0-0) – H2H details and stats
