Maria Sakkari conquers Pliskova in the 4th round to play vs Kvitova next at the BNP Paribas Open. HIGHLIGHTS – INDIAN WELLS RESULTS

BNP PARIBAS OPEN - INDIAN WELLS DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari wins against Pliskova to come up against Petra Kvitova in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova

Maria Sakkari gets the better of Karolina Pliskova 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the 4th round in Indian Wells on Tuesday. Sakkari will try to keep the momentum against Petra Kvitova in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 43 minutes. Her best result in this event was reaching the final in 2022. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Indian Wells
Sakkari's Record

The Greek added to her prize money $ 87,510 after winning this match. She has already won $ 184,465 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 168,170 to her earnings to get in total $ 352,635 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Karolina Pliskova BNP Paribas Open – Indian Wells

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Pliskova
Maria Sakkari
6-4 5-7 6-3
2h:43
Karolina Pliskova
118
118
Total points
112
112
40
40
Winners
51
51
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
4
4
9
9
Double Faults
5
5
54%
54%
1st in
66%
66%
80%
80%
1st won
57%
57%
40/50
40/50
1st won
51/90
51/90
28%
28%
2nd won
43%
43%
12/43
12/43
2nd won
20/47
20/47
-- Break Points --
7/29
7/29
Total
5/8
5/8
24%
24%
Won
63%
63%
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At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 118 points vs. the Czech’s 112.

Sakkari

Maria served pretty well to win 80% of the points (40/50) behind her first serve. Nevertheless she won only 28% points (12/43) on her second serve. The Greek won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 24% (7/29) of the procured opportunities.

Pliskova

On the other side, Karolina was pretty effective at converting 63% of the break points that she procured points (5/8). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Sakkari and Pliskova is 3-3.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Petra Kvitova – stats

Sakkari will fight against Kvitova in the quarter.

This will be the 8th time that Maria Sakkari and Petra Kvitova clash against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-3 6-0 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2022.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sakkari 6-4
SakkariPliskova
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
SakkariPliskova
6
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
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30
SakkariPliskova
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
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30
40
SakkariPliskova
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SakkariPliskova
4
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
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40
SakkariPliskova
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
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40
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40
SakkariPliskova
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SakkariPliskova
3
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SakkariPliskova
3
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SakkariPliskova
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SakkariPliskova
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Sakkari enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Maria to win the set because the Czech managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game.

The Greek was unable to break the Czech in the 5th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

The Greek converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Pliskova was clinical in converting the only break point that she conquered in the 4th game (0-3 15-40).

They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Greek won just 3 more points than Pliskova (37-34). The Greek conceded 11 points on serve (18-11). On the other side, the Czech conceded 19 points on serve (23-19).

2nd Set -
Pliskova 7-5
PliskovaSakkari
7
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
PliskovaSakkari
7
5
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSakkari
6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
PliskovaSakkari
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
PliskovaSakkari
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
PliskovaSakkari
4
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
PliskovaSakkari
4
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
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40
40
A
40
PliskovaSakkari
3
3
15
0
15
15
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15
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40
40
A
PliskovaSakkari
3
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
PliskovaSakkari
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSakkari
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
PliskovaSakkari
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A

The Czech won the set after she broke Maria in the 4th (3-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, the Czech kept the situation under control to win the set 7-5.

Karolina failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 40.

Karolina was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 4th (2-1 15-40), the 10th (5-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40). In addition on the other side, Sakkari was on the money in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-3 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-4 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 13th game (4-7 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 107 points. Pliskova was the one to win the set after conquering 7 more points than Sakkari (57-50). Pliskova surrendered 29 points on serve (39-29). on the other side of the net, Maria conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).

3rd Set -
Sakkari 6-3
SakkariPliskova
6
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SakkariPliskova
5
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
SakkariPliskova
5
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SakkariPliskova
4
2
15
0
15
15
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A
40
SakkariPliskova
3
2
0
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30
SakkariPliskova
2
2
15
0
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40
15
SakkariPliskova
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2
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0
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15
SakkariPliskova
0
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Sakkari had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Karolina Pliskova in the 2nd game (2-0). Nonetheless, Sakkari was not done to come back to break Karolina 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (5-2) gamein the 9th game before winning the set (6-3) after breaking his opponent in the last game.

Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 5-2 to be broken at 30.

There was an important spell in this set when the Greek won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set to change the game count from 0-2 to 5-2.

Sakkari converted 66% of her break points (4/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 15-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (4-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Pliskova was on the money in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 52 points. The Greek was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Karolina (31-21). Sakkari lost 12 points on serve (13-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Karolina conceded 18 points on serve (9-18).

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

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