Zeynep Sonmez shocks Maria Sakkari 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in Merida on Tuesday. Sonmez is going to play against Magda Linette in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 42 minutes. Zeynep won this tournament once in 2024. Here you can see her history at this event.

Merida
Sonmez's Record

The Turk added to her prize money $ 4,400 after conquering this match. She has already won $ 15,700 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Turk will add $ 12,995 to her earnings to get in total $ 28,695 in total.

Highlights Zeynep Sonmez vs. Maria Sakkari Merida Open Akron – Merida

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sonmez
Sakkari
7-5 6-2
1h:42
73
73
Total points
60
60
24
24
Winners
19
19
33%
33%
Ratio Winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
51%
51%
1st in
57%
57%
73%
73%
1st won
49%
49%
24/33
24/33
1st won
19/39
19/39
41%
41%
2nd won
45%
45%
13/32
13/32
2nd won
13/29
13/29
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
Total
3/6
3/6
55%
55%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Zeynep scored 73 points vs. Maria’s 60.

Sonmez

Zeynep was pretty effective at converting 55% of the break points that she procured (6/11).

Sakkari

On the other side, the Greek was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that she procured points (3/6). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Sonmez and Sakkari is 1-0 for Zeynep.

Draw and next match H2H: Zeynep Sonmez vs. Magda Linette – stats

Sonmez will square off with Linette in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Zeynep Sonmez and Magda Linette since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sonmez 7-5
SonmezSakkari
7
5
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SonmezSakkari
7
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonmezSakkari
6
5
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
SonmezSakkari
5
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
SonmezSakkari
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
SonmezSakkari
4
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonmezSakkari
3
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SonmezSakkari
3
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
SonmezSakkari
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SonmezSakkari
2
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
SonmezSakkari
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonmezSakkari
0
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
SonmezSakkari
0
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40

Sonmez enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, the Turk was not done to come back to break Maria 4 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2), in the 9th (5-4) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

Zeynep failed to serve out the set when leading 5-4

to be broken at 15.

Sonmez converted 50% of her break points (4/8). She had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-2 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7th (3-3 30-40), the 8th (4-4 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, the Greek was unerring in converting all her break points in the 2nd (2-1 30-40), the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 9th game (4-5 15-40).

They contested 84 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Zeynep won just 2 more points than the Greek (43-41). Zeynep lost 18 points on serve (18-18). on the other side of the net, Maria conceded 25 points on serve (23-25).

2nd Set -
Sonmez 6-2
SonmezSakkari
6
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SonmezSakkari
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
SonmezSakkari
5
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SonmezSakkari
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SonmezSakkari
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SonmezSakkari
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SonmezSakkari
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30

Sonmez in this set played at a much higher level than Sakkari and consequently she won 6-2 after breaking Sakkari in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.

There was an important spell in this set when Sonmez won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd

set to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.

The Turk converted 66% of her break points (2/3). She had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Greek was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (1-4 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 49 points. The Turk was the winner of the set after clinching 11 more points than Sakkari (30-19). Zeynep lost 10 points on serve (19-10). In addition, on the other side, Sakkari conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

1st
Sonmez
Sakkari
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
2nd
Sonmez
Sakkari
6-2
6
2
5
2
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

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