Inexorable Sakkari vanquishes Rus in the 1st round – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari sweeps aside Rus to compete against Shelby Rogers in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Arantxa Rus

Maria Sakkari breezes past Arantxa Rus 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Shelby Rogers in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 49 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2017 and 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
London
Sakkari's Record

The Greek added to her prize money £ 27,000 after conquering this match. She has won already £ 75,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add £ 40,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 115,000 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Rus
Maria Sakkari
6-1 6-1
0h:49
Arantxa Rus
55
55
Total points
25
25
15
15
Winners
17
17
27%
27%
Ratio Winners
68%
68%
14
14
Unforced
27
27
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
5/6
5/6
Net Approaches
2/5
2/5
83%
83%
Perc
40%
40%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
0
0
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
47%
47%
1st in
77%
77%
100%
100%
1st won
46%
46%
15/15
15/15
1st won
17/37
17/37
76%
76%
2nd won
36%
36%
13/17
13/17
2nd won
4/11
4/11
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
Total
0/0
0/0
42%
42%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 55 points vs. Arantxa’s 25.

Sakkari

The Greek served exceptionally well to win 100% of the points (15/15) behind her first serve, and she won 76% points (13/17) on her second serve. Sakkari won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points as she converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.

Rus

On the other side, Arantxa wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Sakkari was just to good and the Dutch had no opportunity to win this match.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Rus is 3-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Shelby Rogers – stats

Sakkari will come up against Rogers in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Shelby Rogers since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sakkari HTML
SakkariRus
HTML
S
0
0
R
0
0

Sakkari was too good to drop just 1 game before breaking Arantxa 3 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

The Dutch was dominated in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-1 to 6-1.

The Greek converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 36 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Rus (25-11). Sakkari was flawless on serve to concede not even a single point during her serving games (12-0). On the other side, Arantxa conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).

2nd Set -
Sakkari Not
Not
0
0
0
0

Sakkari started the set in the best possible way after breaking Arantxa Rus in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 5-0. However, there was more to do for Maria to win the set because Arantxa found the way to break back in the 6th (1-5) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Maria won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

Sakkari converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 44 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 16 more points than the Dutch (30-14). Maria was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). In addition, on the other side, Rus conceded 14 points on serve (10-14).

 

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