Maria Sakkari beats Elena Rybakina 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Indian Wells on Thursday. Sakkari will play against Paula Badosa Gibert in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes. This will be her best result in this competition. In the past, the best she could do in the past was reaching the 4th round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Sakkari added to her prize money $ 164,045 after conquering this match. She has won already $ 343,985 till now in the tournament. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add $ 302,125 to her earnings to get in total $ 646,110.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Rybakina
7-5 6-4
1h:38
74
74
Total points
64
64
29
29
Winners
26
26
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
4
4
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
54%
54%
1st in
50%
50%
76%
76%
1st won
76%
76%
29/38
29/38
1st won
26/34
26/34
59%
59%
2nd won
47%
47%
19/32
19/32
2nd won
16/34
16/34
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
20%
20%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 74 points vs. Elena’s 64.

Sakkari

Sakkari served exceptionally well to win 76% of the points (29/38) behind her first serve, and she won 59% points (19/32) on her second serve. Maria didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (3/6).

Rybakina

On the other side, the Kazakhstani wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Rybakina is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats

Sakkari will compete against Badosa Gibert in the semifinal.

This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Paula Badosa Gibert square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Badosa Gibert won 7-64 6-4 in the R in Guadalajara back in 2021.

Live score progression and stats

Sakkari had a strong start of this set after breaking Elena Rybakina in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, Maria managed to stage a great comeback to break Rybakina in the 7th

(3-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Greek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th (2-4 30-40 and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Elena was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 2nd game (3-1 30-40).

They contested 68 points. Maria conquered the set after winning 6 more points than Elena (37-31

). Maria surrendered 10 points on serve (23-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Elena conceded 14 points on serve (21-14).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Greek snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).

Sakkari converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Elena was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 70 points. Maria was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Elena (37-33). Maria lost 12 points on serve (25-12). On the losing side, the Kazakhstani conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).

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