Inexorable Maria Sakkari too good for Gracheva in the 2nd round to set up a clash vs Kalinina at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Sakkari routs Gracheva to take on Anhelina Kalinina in the 3rd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva

Maria Sakkari makes light work of Varvara Gracheva 6-2 6-2 in the 2nd round in Rome on Friday after playing an extraordinary match to deal with Anhelina Kalinina in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2019. Here you can see her history at this event.

Sakkari
Rome
Sakkari's Record

The Greek added to her prize money € 13,470 after conquering this match. She has already won € 30,435 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Greek will add € 22,045 to her earnings to get in total € 52,480 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Varvara Gracheva Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Gracheva
Maria Sakkari
6-2 6-2
1h:23
Varvara Gracheva
68
68
Total points
46
46
23
23
Winners
18
18
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
56%
56%
1st in
72%
72%
68%
68%
1st won
47%
47%
23/34
23/34
1st won
18/38
18/38
67%
67%
2nd won
53%
53%
18/27
18/27
2nd won
8/15
8/15
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
Total
0/4
0/4
44%
44%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Maria scored 68 points vs. the French player’s 46.

Sakkari

The Greek won this match even if she had some problems converting her break points after she converted only 44% (4/9) of the procured opportunities.

Gracheva

On the other side, the French player wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for her loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Maria Sakkari vs. Anhelina Kalinina – stats

Sakkari will take on Kalinina in the 3rd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Maria Sakkari and Anhelina Kalinina face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sakkari and Kalinina (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Sakkari won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2023.

Maria Sakkari Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Maria in this set was too strong for Varvara and without too much struggle she won 6-2 after breaking Gracheva in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Gracheva had no answers in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-2 to 6-2.

Maria converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Sakkari didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 55 points. Maria won 9 points more than the French player (32-23). The Greek lost 5 points on serve (16-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Varvara conceded 16 points on serve (18-16).

Maria in this set was much more effective than Gracheva and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Varvara in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Sakkari won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.

The Greek converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the French player was unable to convert any of her 4 break points. She had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (2-5 40-A).

They played 59 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 13 more points than Gracheva (36-23). Sakkari dropped 15 points on serve (25-15). On the other side, Varvara conceded 11 points on serve (8-11).

 

Tennis Scores in Rome

  • Sofia KeninKenin – Ons JabeurJabeur (7-5 2-6 6-4)
  • Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (6-4 6-2)
  • Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 ret.)
  • Maria SakkariSakkari – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (6-2 6-2)
  • Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Anastasia PavlyuchenkovaPavlyuchenkova (6-3 1-6 7-5)
  • Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya – Clara TausonTauson (6-1 6-2)
  • Elise MertensMertens – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-1 6-4)
  • Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Bernarda PeraPera (6-0 6-2)
  • Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva – Sloane StephensStephens (6-3 6-2)
  • Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Ana BogdanBogdan (6-2 3-6 6-4)
  • Cori GauffGauff – Magdalena FrechFrech (6-3 6-3)
  • Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Brenda FruhvirtovaFruhvirtova (7-5 6-0)
  • Linda NoskovaNoskova – Lucrezia StefaniniStefanini (6-3 7-61)
  • Jaqueline CristianCristian – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (5-7 6-2 6-2)
  • Daria KasatkinaKasatkina – Tatjana MariaMaria (7-5 6-1)
  • Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-6 6-4 6-2)
  • Angelique KerberKerber – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (6-3 6-0)
  • Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-0 6-1)
  • Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Xinyu WangWang (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Naomi OsakaOsaka – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2)
  • Diana ShnaiderShnaider – Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova (6-1 6-3)
  • Qinwen ZhengZheng – Shelby RogersRogers (6-2 6-0)
  • Madison KeysKeys – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (6-0 4-6 6-3)
  • Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lesya TsurenkoTsurenko (2-0 ret.)

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