Maria Sakkari beats Wang in the 3rd round to set up a clash vs Gauff. HIGHLIGHTS – BEIJING RESULTS

CHINA OPEN - BEIJING DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari victorious over Wang to face Cori Gauff in the quarter

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Xinyu Wang

Maria Sakkari tops Xinyu Wang 6-4 2-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in Beijing on Thursday. Sakkari will try to keep the momentum against Cori Gauff in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reach the 1st round in 2018. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Beijing
Sakkari's Record

The Greek added to her prize money $ 92,518 after winning this match. She has already won $ 185,018 after this win. If she wins the next match, Sakkari will add $ 216,982 to her earnings to get in total $ 402,000 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Xinyu Wang China Open – Beijing

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Wang
Maria Sakkari
6-4 2-6 6-3
2h:31
Xinyu Wang
103
103
Total points
98
98
38
38
Winners
40
40
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
64%
64%
1st in
65%
65%
58%
58%
1st won
63%
63%
38/65
38/65
1st won
40/64
40/64
65%
65%
2nd won
51%
51%
24/37
24/37
2nd won
18/35
18/35
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
Total
3/8
3/8
21%
21%
Won
38%
38%
See Full Stats

At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 103 points vs. Xin Yu’s 98.

Sakkari

Maria won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 21% (3/14) of the procured opportunities.

Wang

On the other side, Xin Yu was struggling to find the solution in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Cori Gauff – stats

Sakkari will take on Gauff in the quarter.

This will be the 7th time that Maria Sakkari and Cori Gauff clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Gauff won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Washington back in August 2023.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

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

Maria won the set after she broke Wang in the 8th (5-3) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Xin Yu tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. However, Sakkari maintained the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 30.

Maria converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 8th (4-3 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Chinese converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (3-6 30-40).

They contested 81 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Maria won just 3 points more than Wang (42-39). Sakkari dropped 20 points on serve (26-20). Regarding the other side of the net, Xin Yu conceded 16 points on serve (19-16).

2nd Set -
Wang 6-2
WangSakkari
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
40
WangSakkari
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
WangSakkari
5
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
WangSakkari
5
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
WangSakkari
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
WangSakkari
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
WangSakkari
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
WangSakkari
2
0
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40

Sakkari had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Xinyu Wang in the 2nd game (2-0). That break turned to be decisive for Wang to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

They contested 64 points. Wang won 6 points more than the Greek (35-29). Xin Yu conceded 12 points on serve (22-12). On the other side, Maria conceded 13 points on serve (17-13).

3rd Set -
Sakkari 6-3
SakkariWang
6
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SakkariWang
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
SakkariWang
5
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SakkariWang
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
SakkariWang
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariWang
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SakkariWang
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SakkariWang
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
A

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sakkari grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).

They contested 57 points. Sakkari was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than the Chinese (33-24). Sakkari dropped 8 points on serve (18-8). On the losing side, Wang conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

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

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