Maria Sakkari gets the better of Halep in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – MOSCOW RESULTS

KREMLIN CUP - MOSCOW DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari dispatches Halep to fight against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Simona Halep

Maria Sakkari ousts Simona Halep 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Moscow on Friday. Sakkari will play against Ekaterina Alexandrova in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Moscow
Sakkari's Record

Maria added to her prize money $ 16,900 after winning this match. She has won already $ 32,400 as of now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, Maria will add $ 18,600 to her earnings to get in total $ 51,000.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Simona Halep Kremlin Cup – Moscow

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Halep
Maria Sakkari
6-4 6-4
1h:44
Simona Halep
74
74
Total points
64
64
16
16
Winners
28
28
22%
22%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
44%
44%
1st in
65%
65%
55%
55%
1st won
60%
60%
16/29
16/29
1st won
28/47
28/47
59%
59%
2nd won
32%
32%
22/37
22/37
2nd won
8/25
8/25
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
Total
3/10
3/10
36%
36%
Won
30%
30%
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At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 74 points vs. the Romanian’s 64.

Sakkari

Maria won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points as she converted only 36% (5/14) of the procured opportunities.

Halep

On the other side, Halep was battling in converting her break points (only 30% – 3/10). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova – stats

Sakkari will face Alexandrova in the semifinal.

This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Ekaterina Alexandrova clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sakkari won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose back in 2019.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

The Greek won the set after she broke Halep 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Romanian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Sakkari stayed solid to win the set 6-4.

Sakkari failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 15.

They contested 77 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sakkari won just 3 points more than Halep (40-37). The Greek surrendered 14 points on serve (20-14). On the other side, Simona conceded 20 points on serve (23-20).

Sakkari conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Simona Halep in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Yet, that wasn’t sufficient for Sakkari to win the set because the Romanian succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (2-5) and in the 9th (4-5) game. The Greek maintained her cool to break Halep in the 10th (6-4) game.

Sakkari failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.

They contested 58 points. The Greek won 8 points more than the Romanian (33-25). The Greek surrendered 13 points on serve (17-13). Regarding the other side of the net, the Romanian conceded 16 points on serve (12-16).

 

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