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Jessica Pegula vanquishes Maria Sakkari 6-2 6-3 in the final in Guadalajara on Sunday after playing a superlative match to win her 2nd career title. The match lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. She won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in her career.
Highlights Jessica Pegula vs. Maria Sakkari Guadalajara Open Akron – Guadalajara
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the American scored 58 points vs. Maria’s 39.
Pegula
Jessica served exceptionally well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (12/22) on her second serve. The American was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she conquered (5/8).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her loss.
After this match, the head to head between Pegula and Sakkari is 2-3 for Maria.
This was the 2nd career title for Pegula. (see list of titles and finals). Maria 5th remains with 1 title after she conquered the tournament in Rabat 2019. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Jessica in this set was much more effective than Sakkari and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Sakkari in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game.
Maria had no answers in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 1-2 to 6-2.
Pegula was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (2-2 15-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40). On the other side, Pegula didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Pegula conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Maria (26-16). Pegula dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the court, Sakkari conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Jessica won the set after she broke Sakkari 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game. Maria tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (5-3) game. Nonetheless, Pegula didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-3.
Jessica failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 40.
The American converted 50% of her break points (3/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 0-40). Also, on the other side, the Greek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 8th game (2-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 56 points. Pegula won 8 more points than the Greek (32-24). Pegula lost 10 points on serve (15-10). In addition, on the other side, Sakkari conceded 17 points on serve (14-17).