Jasmine Paolini dispatches Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2 in the 3rd round in Dubai on Wednesday. Paolini will try to keep the momentum against Elena Rybakina in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes. This will be her best result in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Highlights Jasmine Paolini vs. Maria Sakkari Dubai Duty Free Championships – Dubai
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:21
At the end of the match, the Italian scored 61 points vs. the Greek’s 48.
Paolini
Jasmine was pretty focused in converting 86% of the break points that she procured (6/7).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari wasn’t that great in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Paolini and Sakkari is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Jasmine Paolini vs. Elena Rybakina – stats
Paolini will compete against Rybakina in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Jasmine Paolini and Elena Rybakina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Paolini and Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Paolini won 4-6 5-2 ret. in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Paolini started the set strong after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, the Italian refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Greek 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 6th (3-3) gamein the 10th game before winning the set (6-4) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Italian failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 15.
Paolini converted 75% of her break points (3/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Sakkari was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 15-40) and the 11th game (3-6 15-40).
They played 60 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Paolini won just 2 points more than Maria (31-29). Jasmine dropped 16 points on serve (16-16). On the other side, the Greek conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Paolini had a running start at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Paolini reinforced her lead after breaking Sakkari in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game before conquering the set.
Sakkari was eclipsed in the last 6 games of the set when the game count went from 0-2 to 6-2.
The Italian was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 15-40), the 6th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 5 break points. She had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 49 points. The Italian won 11 more points than the Greek (30-19). Paolini dropped 8 points on serve (15-8). On the other side, Sakkari conceded 15 points on serve (11-15).
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Magdalena FrechFrech (7-65 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cori GauffGauff – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (6-4 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Donna VekicVekic (3-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Qinwen ZhengZheng (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Cori GauffGauff – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Elena RybakinaRybakina (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (1-2) – H2H details and stats
