Maria Sakkari tops Iga Swiatek 6-2 6-4 in the Round Robin in Guadalajara on Thursday. Sakkari will face off with Aryna Sabalenka in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Iga Swiatek WTA Finals – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Maria scored 63 points vs. Swiatek’s 45.
Sakkari
Sakkari served extremely well to win 96% of the points (26/27) behind her first serve, and she won 52% points (11/21) on her second serve. The Greek won this match even if she was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points as she converted only 38% (3/8) of the procured opportunities.
Swiatek
On the other side, the Pole wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Swiatek is 3-0 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Aryna Sabalenka – stats
Sakkari will come up against Sabalenka in the Round Robin.
This will be the 6th time that Maria Sakkari and Aryna Sabalenka square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Sabalenka (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Sabalenka won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Abu Dhabi back in January 2021.
Live score progression and stats
The Greek in this set didn’t concede much to Iga and without many problems she won 6-2 after breaking the Pole in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Maria converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 0-40). On the other side, the Pole was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (2-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 42 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Iga (26-16). The Greek lost 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, Swiatek conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Sakkari snatched in the 7th game (4-3) just before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
Maria converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 65 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Pole (36-29). Sakkari lost 5 points on serve (20-5). on the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 16 points on serve (24-16).
Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (4-6 6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Maria SakkariSakkari (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (3-0) – H2H details and stats
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (2-2) – H2H details and stats