Maria Sakkari ousts Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Sakkari will play Emma Raducanu in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This will be her best result 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.
Sakkari added to her prize money $ 250,000 after winning this match. She has won already $ 675,000 until now in this event. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 575,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 1,250,000.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova U.S. Open – New York
Sakkari’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 66 points vs. the Czech’s 47.
Sakkari
Maria served exceptionally well to win 92% of the points (24/26) behind her first serve, and she won 74% points (17/23) on her second serve. Sakkari won this match even if she had a tough time converting her break points after she converted only 40% (2/5) of the procured opportunities.
Pliskova
On the other side, Pliskova wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, The Greek was just to good and Karolina had no opportunity to win this match.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Pliskova is 2-1 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Emma Raducanu – stats
Sakkari will face Raducanu in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Emma Raducanu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Greek won the set after she broke Karolina in the 3rd
(2-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game.Sakkari was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 52 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than Karolina (32-20). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to concede just 2 points (20-2
). In addition, on the other side, Karolina conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).The Greek won the set after she broke the Czech in the 7th (4-3) game. Pliskova tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Sakkari kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-4.
Sakkari converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 61 points. Maria was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Pliskova (34-27). Maria conceded 6 points on serve (21-6). on the other side of the court, Pliskova conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Tennis Scores at the
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Belinda BencicBencic (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-3 3-6 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Maria SakkariSakkari (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (0-0) – H2H details and stats