Marta Kostyuk conquers Sakkari in the 1st round to set up a battle vs Badosa Gibert. HIGHLIGHTS – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Kostyuk topples Sakkari to face Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Marta Kostyuk vs. Maria Sakkari

Marta Kostyuk hustles Maria Sakkari 0-6 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in London on Wednesday. Kostyuk will seek to keep on going in this event against Paula Badosa Gibert in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. This run will match her best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see her history at this event.

Kostyuk
London
Kostyuk's Record

The Ukrainian added to her prize money £ 30,000 after conquering this match. She has already won £ 85,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Ukrainian will add £ 46,000 to her earnings to get in total £ 131,000 in total.

Highlights Marta Kostyuk vs. Maria Sakkari Wimbledon – London

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kostyuk
Sakkari
Marta Kostyuk
0-6 7-5 6-2
1h:53
Maria Sakkari
87
87
Total points
86
86
36
36
Winners
32
32
41%
41%
Ratio Winners
37%
37%
32
32
Unforced
48
48
40%
40%
Ratio Unforced
60%
60%
14/26
14/26
Net Approaches
14/22
14/22
54%
54%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
71%
71%
1st in
65%
65%
60%
60%
1st won
56%
56%
36/60
36/60
1st won
32/57
32/57
48%
48%
2nd won
55%
55%
12/25
12/25
2nd won
17/31
17/31
183
183
Fastest serve
181
181
155
155
AVG 1st Serve
167
167
135
135
AVG 2nd Serve
133
133
-- Break Points --
5/16
5/16
Total
5/12
5/12
31%
31%
Won
42%
42%
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At the end of the match, Marta scored 87 points vs. the Greek’s 86.

Kostyuk

The Ukrainian won this match even if she was struggling when converting her break points since she converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, the Greek wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 42% – 5/12). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Kostyuk and Sakkari is 1-2 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa Gibert – stats

Kostyuk will come up against Badosa Gibert in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Marta Kostyuk and Paula Badosa Gibert fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Badosa Gibert (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Badosa Gibert won 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Rome back in May 2023.

Marta Kostyuk Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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KostyukSakkari
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0
0
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0

This set was completely one-sided because Maria conceded no games to the Ukrainian before winning the set 6-0.

The Greek was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Also, on the other side, Kostyuk was spot on in converting all her break points in the 3rd game (0-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 40 points. Sakkari was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Kostyuk (27-13). Maria surrendered 6 points on serve (13-6). On the losing side, Kostyuk conceded 14 points on serve (7-14).

2nd Set -
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0
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Kostyuk won the set after she broke the Greek 3 times in the 5th (3-2), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game. The Greek tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, Kostyuk managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-5.

Kostyuk converted 30% of her break points (3/10). She had 10 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Maria converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had her opportunities in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Marta won just 3 more points than the Greek (42-39). Kostyuk conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). In addition, on the other side, Sakkari conceded 22 points on serve (26-22).

3rd Set -
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0
0
0

Kostyuk in this set didn’t concede much to Maria and eventually she won 6-2 after breaking Sakkari in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

Certainly, a key moment was when Kostyuk won 5 consecutive games in the 3rd set so as to convert the score from 0-1 to 5-1.

They contested 53 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the Greek (33-20). Marta dropped 10 points on serve (21-10). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 12 points on serve (10-12).

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

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