LONDON. Fantastic Sakkari breezes past Bouzkova in the 2nd round in London

Maria Sakkari makes light work of Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-1 in the 2^nd round in London on Wednesday after playing a fantastic match to clash against Elina Svitolina in the 3^rd round.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Sakkari conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding her serve in the 5^th (2-3) game, The Greek broke back in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 10^th (6-4) game before winning the set.

2^nd set.

Maria won the set after she broke the Czech in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That was decisive for the Greek to win the set because she didn’t concede her serve during the rest of the set.

At the end of the match, the Greek scored 58 points vs. Marie’s 39 points.

Maria served very well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind her first serve. Nonetheless, she won only 48% points (10/21) on her second serve. Sakkari was great in converting all the break points (4/4).

On the other side, Marie wasn’t that great in converting her break points since she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the issues for her loss.

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

Maria Sakkari vs. Elina Svitolina – H2H and stats

Sakkari will take on Svitolina in the 3^rd round.

There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Elina Svitolina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.