Sakkari gets the better of Pegula in the round robin of the WTA Finals. HIGHLIGHTS – FORT WORTH RESULTS

    WTA FINALS - FORT WORTH DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari wins against Pegula to compete against Ons Jabeur in the round robin

    By
    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Pegula

    Maria Sakkari prevails over Jessica Pegula 7-6(6) 7-6(4) in the Round Robin in Fort Worth on Monday. Sakkari will face Ons Jabeur in the Round Robin. The battle lasted 2 hours and 11 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

    Sakkari
    Fort Worth
    Sakkari's Record

    Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Jessica Pegula WTA Finals – Fort Worth

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Sakkari
    Pegula
    Maria Sakkari
    7-66 7-64
    2h:11
    Jessica Pegula
    94
    94
    Total points
    91
    91
    35
    35
    Winners
    37
    37
    37%
    37%
    Ratio Winners
    41%
    41%
    -- Serve --
    3
    3
    Aces
    3
    3
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    4
    4
    66%
    66%
    1st in
    56%
    56%
    61%
    61%
    1st won
    67%
    67%
    35/57
    35/57
    1st won
    37/55
    37/55
    59%
    59%
    2nd won
    45%
    45%
    17/29
    17/29
    2nd won
    20/44
    20/44
    -- Break Points --
    4/9
    4/9
    Total
    4/6
    4/6
    44%
    44%
    Won
    67%
    67%
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    At the end of the match, the Greek scored 94 points vs. Pegula’s 91.

    Sakkari

    The Greek won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

    Pegula

    On the other side, Jessica didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

    After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Pegula is 4-2 for Maria.

    Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Ons Jabeur – stats

    Sakkari will face Jabeur in the Round Robin.

    This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Ons Jabeur fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Jabeur (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

    The last time that they squared off, Jabeur won 1-6 7-5 6-1 in the quarter in Rome back in May 2022.

    Maria Sakkari Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    1st Set -
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    SakkariPegula
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    S
    0
    0
    P
    0
    0

    Sakkari had a strong start of this set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Sakkari to win the set since Jessica found the way to break back in the 4th (2-2), in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th (6-6) game. Sakkari kept her focus before winning the set at the breaker at 6.

    Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 6-5 to be broken at 30.

    Tiebreak

    Sakkari won 3 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, the American won a minibreak in the 11th (5-6) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 4-2, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6

    The Greek converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). Also, on the other side, Pegula converted 60% of her break points (3/5). She had her opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 30-40), the 4th (1-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (3-4 0-40) and the 12th game (5-6 30-40).

    They contested 104 points. This set was so close that, Sakkari won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Sakkari dropped 22 points on serve (23-22). On the losing side, the American conceded 29 points on serve (30-29).

    2nd Set -
    Sakkari Not
    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Sakkari had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Jessica Pegula in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, the set was not over yet and there was more work to do for Sakkari to win the set because the American managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Maria kept her focus before winning the set at the tiebreak at 4.

    Tiebreak

    Maria won 3 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 10th (6-4) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Pegula won a minibreak in the 1st (1-0) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4

    Sakkari converted 25% of her break points (1/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the American was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (1-3 40-A).

    They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Sakkari won just 3 more points than Jessica (42-39). The Greek lost 12 points on serve (28-12). on the other side of the court, Jessica conceded 14 points on serve (27-14).

     

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