
Dayana Yastremska stuns Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in Linz on Friday after playing a solid match to play Clara Tauson in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
The Ukrainian added to her prize money € 26,355 after winning this match. She has already won € 51,305 until now in this competition. If she wins the next match, Yastremska will add € 36,520 to her earnings to get in total € 87,825.
Highlights Dayana Yastremska vs. Maria Sakkari Upper Austria Ladies Linz – Linz
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Yastremska scored 63 points vs. Maria’s 42.
Yastremska
Yastremska didn’t lose the focus when converting 60% of the break points that she procured (6/10).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari had some problems converting her break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Yastremska and Sakkari is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Dayana Yastremska vs. Clara Tauson – stats
Yastremska will fight against Tauson in the semifinal.
This will be the 2nd time that Dayana Yastremska and Clara Tauson face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Yastremska (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on I.hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Yastremska won 7-5 5-7 6-2 in the qualifications in Dubai back in 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Yastremska conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 1st game (1-0). Nevertheless, Yastremska found the way to come back to break Sakkari 3 times in the 2nd (1-1), in the 4th (2-2) gamein the 12th game before winning the set (7-5) after breaking his opponent in the last game.
The Ukrainian failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Yastremska converted 28% of her break points (2/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 0-40), the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Sakkari converted 40% of her break points (2/5). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 76 points. The Ukrainian conquered the set after winning 8 points more than Sakkari (42-34). Dayana conceded 17 points on serve (26-17). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).
The Greek lost her way in this set and Dayana won the set 6-0.
Dayana was spot on in converting all her break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40) and the 6th game (5-0 40-A). On the other side, Dayana didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 29 points. Dayana conquered the set after winning 13 points more than Sakkari (21-8). Dayana was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (8-3). on the other side of the court, Maria conceded 13 points on serve (5-13).
Tennis Scores in Linz
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Maria SakkariSakkari (7-5 6-0)
- Clara TausonTauson – Anna BlinkovaBlinkova (6-4 6-3)
Upcoming matches
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (2-1) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Petra MarticMartic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H details and stats