Maria Sakkari beats Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Charleston on Friday. Sakkari will seek to keep on going in this event against Danielle Rose Collins in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This will be her best result in this event. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the quarter in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.
Sakkari added to her prize money $ 22,140 after winning this match. She has already won $ 44,286 till now in this tournament. If she wins the next match, Maria will add $ 43,379 to her earnings to get in total $ 87,665.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Veronika Kudermetova Credit One Charleston Open – Charleston
Sakkari’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 64 points vs. Veronika’s 43.
Sakkari
Sakkari was great in converting all the break points (5/5).
Kudermetova
On the other side, Veronika was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that she conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Kudermetova is 4-1 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Danielle Rose Collins – stats
Sakkari will play Rose Collins in the semifinal.
This will be the 4th time that Maria Sakkari and Danielle Rose Collins play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Rose Collins won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Montreal back in 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Sakkari took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Maria managed to stage a great comeback to break Veronika 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (4-2) gamein the 8th game before winning the set (6-2) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
Maria failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.
Kudermetova was outplayed in the last 7 games of the set when the score went from 0-2 to 6-2.
Maria was spot on in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 30-40), the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Kudermetova converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 9th game (1-6 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 55 points. The Greek was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than the Russian (33-22). The Greek dropped 14 points on serve (19-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Kudermetova conceded 14 points on serve (8-14).
Sakkari commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Veronika Kudermetova in the 2nd game (2-0). Maria reinforced her lead after breaking the Russian in the 10th (6-4) game before winning the set.
The Greek was exemplary in converting all her break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 52 points. Maria was the one to win the set after conquering 10 more points than Veronika (31-21). The Greek lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Russian conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Tennis Scores in Charleston
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Elise MertensMertens (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Jaqueline CristianCristian (6-74 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 3-6 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Borna GojoGojo (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (3-6 6-3 3-2 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Ronnie SchneiderSchneider (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 3-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Darya KasatkinaKasatkina (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins (2-1) – H2H details and stats