Iga Swiatek outpaces Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Doha on Monday after playing a tremendous match. The match lasted 1 hour and 22 minutes. Swiatek won this tournament 3 times in 2022, 2023 and 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.
Swiatek added to her prize money $ 18,100 after winning this match. She has already won $ 41,600 after this win. If she wins the next match, Swiatek will add $ 41,870 to her earnings to get in total $ 83,470 in total.
Highlights Iga Swiatek vs. Maria Sakkari Qatar TotalEnergies Open – Doha
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Iga scored 62 points vs. Maria’s 42.
Swiatek
Iga didn’t lose the concentration in converting 56% of the break points that she procured (5/9).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari was struggling when converting her break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Swiatek and Sakkari is 4-3 for Iga.
Live score progression and stats
Swiatek started the set in the best possible way after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). However, that was not enough for the Pole to win the set because Maria managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 5th (3-2) game. The Pole maintained her focus to break the Greek in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Greek was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-3 to 6-3.
Iga converted 42% of her break points (3/7). She had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 8th (4-3 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40). In addition on the other side, Sakkari converted 33% of her break points (2/6). She had her opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 62 points. Iga won 8 points more than the Greek (35-27). Swiatek dropped 16 points on serve (18-16). on the other side of the net, Maria conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).
Swiatek started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd
game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 4-0. That break was sufficient for the Pole to win the set (6-2) as there were no other breaks.Swiatek converted 50% of her break points (1/2). She had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Pole didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 42 points. Swiatek was the winner of the set after clinching 12 more points than Maria (27-15). The Pole conceded 5 points on serve (17-5
). On the losing side, Sakkari conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).Tennis Scores in Doha
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