Amazing Maria Sakkari rolls past Hibino in the 1st round to clash vs Avanesyan at the Australian Open. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari trashes Hibino to come up against Elina Avanesyan in the 2nd round

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino

Maria Sakkari obliterates Nao Hibino 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Sunday after playing a remarkable match to play Elina Avanesyan in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 11 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

Maria added to her prize money $ 60,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If she wins the next match, Maria will add $ 75,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Nao Hibino Australian Open – Melbourne

Sakkari’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Hibino
Maria Sakkari
6-4 6-1
1h:11
Nao Hibino
60
60
Total points
40
40
21
21
Winners
16
16
35%
35%
Ratio Winners
40%
40%
26
26
Unforced
28
28
48%
48%
Ratio Unforced
52%
52%
6/8
6/8
Net Approaches
5/10
5/10
75%
75%
Perc
50%
50%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
50%
50%
1st in
72%
72%
78%
78%
1st won
48%
48%
21/27
21/27
1st won
16/33
16/33
56%
56%
2nd won
46%
46%
15/27
15/27
2nd won
6/13
6/13
179
179
Fastest serve
167
167
167
167
AVG 1st Serve
145
145
136
136
AVG 2nd Serve
133
133
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
1/3
1/3
80%
80%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 60 points vs. the Japanese’s 40.

Sakkari

The Greek served very well to win 78% of the points (21/27) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (15/27) on her second serve. Sakkari was pretty good at converting 80% of the break points that she procured (4/5).

Hibino

On the other side, the Japanese was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Hibino is 2-0 for Maria.

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Avanesyan – stats

Sakkari will play Avanesyan in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Elina Avanesyan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

1st
Sakkari
Hibino
6-4
6
4
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Sakkari
Hibino
6-1
6
1
5
1
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0
 

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