Maria Sakkari shocks Jasmine Paolini 6-2 6-1 in the 3rd round in Madrid on Sunday after playing an impressive match. Her best achievement in this tournament was reaching the semifinal in 2023. Here you can see her history at this event.

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Sakkari's Record

Maria added to her prize money € 37,520 after winning this match. She has already won € 90,445 after this win. If she wins the next match, Maria will add € 75,225 to her earnings to get in total € 165,670 in total.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Jasmine Paolini Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Sakkari
Paolini
6-2 6-1
1h:19
70
70
Total points
43
43
21
21
Winners
15
15
30%
30%
Ratio Winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
61%
61%
1st in
64%
64%
64%
64%
1st won
39%
39%
21/33
21/33
1st won
15/38
15/38
67%
67%
2nd won
43%
43%
14/21
14/21
2nd won
9/21
9/21
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
Total
1/5
1/5
46%
46%
Won
20%
20%
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After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Paolini is 2-1 for Maria.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Sakkari 6-2
SakkariPaolini
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SakkariPaolini
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariPaolini
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariPaolini
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
SakkariPaolini
4
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
SakkariPaolini
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SakkariPaolini
2
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
SakkariPaolini
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariPaolini
0
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A

The Greek didn’t concede much to the Italian and without too much struggle she won 6-2. Paolini broke the Greek 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game. However, the Greek broke her opponent in the 6th (4-2) game, but that didn’t prevent her to conquer the set (6-2).

An important stage of this set was when Maria won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to convert the game count from 0-1 to 4-1.

The Greek converted 27% of her break points (3/11). She had 11 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 5th (3-1 15-40), the 6th (4-2 0-40) and the 9th game (6-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Paolini converted 20% of her break points (1/5). She had her opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (1-4 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).

They played 79 points. Sakkari was the one to win the set after conquering 17 more points than the Italian (48-31). Sakkari dropped 14 points on serve (22-14). In addition, on the other side, the Italian conceded 26 points on serve (17-26).

2nd Set -
Sakkari 6-1
SakkariPaolini
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
40
A
40
SakkariPaolini
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SakkariPaolini
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
SakkariPaolini
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
SakkariPaolini
2
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
SakkariPaolini
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15

Sakkari conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Jasmine Paolini in the 2nd game (2-0). Maria managed to strengthen her lead after breaking Jasmine in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Paolini was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-1

to 6-1.

They contested 35 points. Maria was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than the Italian (22-13). The Greek dropped 5 points on serve (13-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Jasmine conceded 9 points on serve (8-9).

1st
Sakkari
Paolini
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Sakkari
Paolini
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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