Victoria Azarenka conquers Maria Sakkari 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Berlin on Tuesday. Azarenka will seek to keep on going in this event against Zeynep Sonmez in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. Her best result in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2021. Here you can see her history at this event.

Berlin
Azarenka's Record

Highlights Victoria Azarenka vs. Maria Sakkari Berlin Ladies Open – Berlin

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Azarenka
Sakkari
6-4 6-2
1h:33
73
73
Total points
55
55
28
28
Winners
24
24
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
7
7
4
4
Double Faults
7
7
58%
58%
1st in
50%
50%
80%
80%
1st won
71%
71%
28/35
28/35
1st won
24/34
24/34
56%
56%
2nd won
38%
38%
14/25
14/25
2nd won
13/34
13/34
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
Total
0/2
0/2
33%
33%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Belarussian scored 73 points vs. Sakkari’s 55.

Azarenka

Azarenka served pretty well to win 80% of the points (28/35) behind her first serve, and she won 56% points (14/25) on her second serve. The Belarussian won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points after she converted only 33% (3/9) of the procured opportunities.

Sakkari

On the other side, Maria wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for her demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Azarenka and Sakkari is 4-0 for Victoria.

Draw and next match H2H: Victoria Azarenka vs. Zeynep Sonmez – stats

Azarenka will take on Sonmez in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Zeynep Sonmez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Azarenka 6-4
AzarenkaSakkari
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
AzarenkaSakkari
6
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaSakkari
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
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AzarenkaSakkari
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
AzarenkaSakkari
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaSakkari
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
AzarenkaSakkari
2
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaSakkari
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaSakkari
1
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
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40
40
40
A
AzarenkaSakkari
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
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40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaSakkari
0
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Victoria clinched in the 7th game (4-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-4

).

The Belarussian converted 16% of her break points (1/6). She had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (3-3 15-40) and the 11th game (6-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 2 break points. She had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A).

They played 81 points. Victoria was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Sakkari (45-36). Victoria dropped 12 points on serve (24-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 21 points on serve (24-21).

2nd Set -
Azarenka 6-2
AzarenkaSakkari
6
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
AzarenkaSakkari
5
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
AzarenkaSakkari
5
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaSakkari
4
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
AzarenkaSakkari
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
AzarenkaSakkari
3
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
AzarenkaSakkari
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Azarenka enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was crucial for the Belarussian to win the set (6-2) since there were no other breaks.

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

They contested 47 points. The Belarussian was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than Sakkari (28-19). The Belarussian conceded 6 points on serve (18-6). on the other side of the net, the Greek conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).

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

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