Sakkari aces Shnaider in the 2nd round of the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari overcomes Shnaider to take on Lin Zhu in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Diana Shnaider

Maria Sakkari downs Diana Shnaider 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Sakkari will face Lin Zhu in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 33 minutes. Her most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the 4th round in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Melbourne
Sakkari's Record

The Greek added to her prize money $ 69,075 after winning this match. She has won already $ 227,925 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 110,325 to her earnings to get in total $ 338,250 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Diana Shnaider Australian Open – Melbourne

Sakkari’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Shnaider
Maria Sakkari
3-6 7-5 6-3
2h:33
Diana Shnaider
114
114
Total points
100
100
36
36
Winners
44
44
32%
32%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
40
40
Unforced
53
53
43%
43%
Ratio Unforced
57%
57%
12/16
12/16
Net Approaches
13/18
13/18
75%
75%
Perc
72%
72%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
5
5
9
9
Double Faults
3
3
56%
56%
1st in
54%
54%
71%
71%
1st won
66%
66%
36/51
36/51
1st won
44/67
44/67
53%
53%
2nd won
39%
39%
21/40
21/40
2nd won
22/56
22/56
181
181
Fastest serve
181
181
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
161
161
144
144
AVG 2nd Serve
122
122
-- Break Points --
5/17
5/17
Total
4/6
4/6
29%
29%
Won
67%
67%
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At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 114 points vs. the Russian’s 100.

Sakkari

The Greek won this match even if she was not so effective in converting her break points after she converted only 29% (5/17) of the procured opportunities.

Shnaider

On the other side, Shnaider was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (4/6). However, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Shnaider is 1-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Lin Zhu – stats

Sakkari will take on Zhu in the 3rd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Lin Zhu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Sakkari won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Melbourne back in 2016.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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SakkariShnaider
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0
0
0
0

Sakkari didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Diana Shnaider in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for Shnaider to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

Sakkari lost the 2nd game (2-0) when she was comfortably leading 40-0.

They contested 82 points. Diana was the winner of the set after clinching 6 more points than Maria (44-38). Shnaider conceded 23 points on serve (34-23). On the losing side, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (15-10).

2nd Set -
Sakkari Not
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0
0
0
0

Sakkari had a strong start of this set after breaking Diana Shnaider in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. However, there was more work to do for Maria to win the set as Shnaider succeeded in breaking back in the 7th (3-4) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Sakkari maintained her focus to break the Russian in the 8th (5-3), in the 11th (6-5) and in the 12th (7-5) game.

Sakkari failed to serve out the set when leading 5-3 to be broken at 30.

Sakkari wasted a good opportunity to break the Russian in the 10th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

They played 68 points. Sakkari was the winner of the set after clinching 16 points more than the Russian (42-26). Sakkari conceded 18 points on serve (22-18). On the other side, the Russian conceded 20 points on serve (8-20).

3rd Set -
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0
0
Found
0
0
0
0

Sakkari conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Diana Shnaider in the 1st game (1-0). Sakkari managed to boost her lead after breaking Shnaider in the 3rd (2-1), in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (4-2), in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (6-3) game before winning the set.

Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 0.

Sakkari dropped 9 points on serve (9-9). On the losing side, Shnaider conceded 0 points on serve (0-0).

1st
Sakkari
Shnaider
3-6
3
6
3
5
2
5
2
4
1
4
1
3
0
3
0
2
0
1
2nd
Sakkari
Shnaider
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
3rd
Sakkari
Shnaider
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
 

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