Elena Rybakina bests Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-7(4) 6-4 in the quarter in Miami on Tuesday. Rybakina is going to play against Victoria Azarenka in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Rybakina added to her prize money $ 140,000 after winning this match. She has already won $ 325,000 up to now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Elena will add $ 260,000 to her earnings to get in total $ 585,000.
Highlights Elena Rybakina vs. Maria Sakkari Miami Open – Miami
Rybakina’s Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsYbO4OkeUE
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:48
At the end of the match, the Kazakhstani scored 116 points vs. Sakkari’s 106.
Rybakina
Elena served very well to win 77% of the points (48/62) behind her first serve, and she won 50% points (21/42) on her second serve. The Kazakhstani struck 10 aces and she committed 5 double faults. The Kazakhstani won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari was far from perfect in converting her break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Rybakina and Sakkari is 3-1 for Elena.
Draw and next match H2H: Elena Rybakina vs. Victoria Azarenka – stats
Rybakina will compete against Azarenka in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Elena Rybakina and Victoria Azarenka face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Rybakina (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Rybakina won 4-6 6-2 ret. in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2024.
Live score progression and stats
The Kazakhstani won the set after she broke the Greek in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Sakkari tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Nevertheless, Rybakina refused to give way to win the set 7-5.
The Kazakhstani failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Rybakina converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had 5 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Greek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 7th (2-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 13th game (4-7 15-40).
They contested 68 points. Rybakina conquered the set after winning 4 more points than the Greek (36-32). Elena lost 11 points on serve (23-11). In addition, on the other side, Maria conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
The Greek won the set after she broke Elena in the 3rd (2-1) game. Rybakina tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Anyhow, Sakkari stayed solid to win the set 7-6.
Sakkari was unerring in converting all her break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (4-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Also, on the other side, Elena was unerring in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 94 points. This set was so close that, Maria won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. The Greek lost 18 points on serve (26-18). on the other side of the court, Elena conceded 21 points on serve (29-21).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Kazakhstani clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).
Rybakina converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Rybakina didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 60 points. Rybakina conquered the set after winning 8 points more than the Greek (34-26). Elena dropped 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, Maria conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Tennis Scores in Miami
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-5 6-74 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (7-64 1-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (3-0) – H2H details and stats
