
Maria Sakkari sweeps aside Viktoriya Tomova 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Linz on Wednesday after playing a remarkable match. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Her best result in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.
Maria added to her prize money € 11,299 after winning this match. She has already won € 24,950 after this win. If she wins the next match, Maria will add € 26,355 to her earnings to get in total € 51,305 in total.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Viktoriya Tomova Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Greek scored 63 points vs. Tomova’s 44.
Sakkari
The Greek won this match even if she was battling in converting her break points since she converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.
Tomova
On the other side, the Bulgarian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/1). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this encounter, the head to head between Sakkari and Tomova is 4-1 for Maria.
Live score progression and stats
Sakkari started the set strong after breaking Viktoriya Tomova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That break was sufficient for Sakkari to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.
The Greek converted 33% of her break points (1/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Tomova wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (0-2 40-A).
They contested 67 points. Maria was the one to win the set after conquering 5 more points than Viktoriya (36-31). The Greek dropped 10 points on serve (23-10). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 13 points on serve (21-13).
Sakkari in this set was too strong for the Bulgarian and finally she won 6-2 after breaking Viktoriya in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when the Greek won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Maria converted 50% of her break points (2/4). She had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40), the 4th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 40 points. Sakkari conquered the set after winning 14 points more than the Bulgarian (27-13). Sakkari conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, the Bulgarian conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).
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- Maria SakkariSakkari – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (6-3 6-2)
- Clara TausonTauson – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (6-2 6-4)
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