Maria Sakkari vanquishes Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Friday after playing a terrific match to come up against Jessica Pegula in the 4th round. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. This run will match her best result in this event. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money $ 120,000 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 300,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 300,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 600,000 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Veronika Kudermetova Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Kudermetova
6-4 6-1
1h:22
63
63
Total points
42
42
20
20
Winners
19
19
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
12
12
Unforced
32
32
27%
27%
Ratio Unforced
73%
73%
2/3
2/3
Net Approaches
8/13
8/13
67%
67%
Perc
62%
62%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
59%
59%
1st in
49%
49%
77%
77%
1st won
63%
63%
20/26
20/26
1st won
19/30
19/30
61%
61%
2nd won
32%
32%
11/18
11/18
2nd won
10/31
10/31
184
184
Fastest serve
183
183
171
171
AVG 1st Serve
172
172
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
139
139
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
Total
1/1
1/1
63%
63%
Won
100%
100%
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At the end of the match, the Greek scored 63 points vs. Kudermetova’s 42.

Sakkari

Maria served pretty well to win 77% of the points (20/26) behind her first serve, and she won 61% points (11/18) on her second serve. Sakkari didn’t lose the focus when converting 63% of the break points that she procured (5/8).

Kudermetova

On the other side, Kudermetova was exceptional in converting the only break point that she converted. Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sakkari and Kudermetova is 2-1

for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Pegula – stats

Sakkari will take on Pegula in the 4th round.

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Jessica Pegula clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-4 2-6 7-66 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

The Greek conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 4th (1-3) game, The Greek broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game to win the set 6-4.

The Russian lost the 5th game (2-3) when she was serving and leading 40-0. There was an important spell in this set when Maria won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the score from 1-3 to 5-3.

Sakkari converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (1-3 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40). On the other side, Kudermetova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 3rd game (2-1 40-A).

They played 66 points. Maria was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Veronika (36-30

). Maria lost 11 points on serve (19-11). On the other side, Kudermetova conceded 17 points on serve (19-17).

Sakkari started the set strong after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 1st game (1-0). Maria reinforced her lead after breaking Veronika in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

Kudermetova was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.

Maria converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 39 points. The Greek won 15 more points than Veronika (27-12). The Greek was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). On the losing side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (10-15).

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