Maria Sakkari bests Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(1) 6-7(6) 6-3 in the Round Robin in Guadalajara on Monday. The epic lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes. She will face Annett Kontaveit in the semifinal
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Aryna Sabalenka WTA Finals – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Sabalenka is 2-4 for Aryna.
Live score progression and stats
Sakkari started the set strong after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Sakkari to win the set because Aryna found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 8th (5-3) game. Sakkari maintained her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 1.
Tiebreak
Maria won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 8th (7-1) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 7-1
They contested 84 points. The Greek conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Aryna (45-39). The Greek surrendered 21 points on serve (30-21). In addition, on the other side, Sabalenka conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Aryna won the set after she broke the Greek in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. Maria tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Nonetheless, the Belarussian didn’t blink to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 6.
Sabalenka failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 15.
Tiebreak
The Belarussian won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (2-2), 8th (4-4), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the Greek won 5 minibreaks in the 2nd (1-1), 3rd (2-1), 6th (3-3), 7th (4-3) and 10th (5-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 1-2, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
They contested 84 points. The Belarussian won 4 more points than Sakkari (44-40). Sabalenka conceded 14 points on serve (23-14). On the losing side, the Greek conceded 21 points on serve (26-21).
Sakkari had a great start in this set after breaking Aryna Sabalenka in the 1st game (1-0). However, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Maria to win the set as the Belarussian managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1) and in the 4th (3-1) game. Maria kept her focus to break Aryna in the 5th (2-3), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 9th (6-3) game.
Aryna was completely wiped out in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-3 to 6-3.
The Greek converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 5th (1-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). On the other side, Aryna was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (0-1 40-A) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40).
They contested 60 points. Sakkari was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than Sabalenka (35-25). Sakkari conceded 12 points on serve (13-12). on the other side of the court, the Belarussian conceded 22 points on serve (13-22).
Tennis Scores in Guadalajara
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Karolina PliskovaPliskova – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (0-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Anett KontaveitKontaveit – Barbora KrejcikovaKrejcikova (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression