Maria Sakkari trashes Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in San Jose on Monday after playing a good match to play Mayo Hibi in the 2nd round.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Sakkari started off on the right foot in the set after breaking Alexandrova in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. Maria managed to boost her lead after breaking Ekaterina in the 6th (5-1) game before managing to win the set (6-1).
The Greek missed the opportunity to break Ekaterina in the 4th game when she had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).
2nd set.
Sakkari had a strong start of this set after breaking Alexandrova in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more work to do for the Greek to win the set since Alexandrova succeeded in breaking back in the 8th (4-4) game. Sakkari kept her cool to break Ekaterina in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
At the end of the match, Sakkari scored 63 points vs. Ekaterina’s 36 points.
Maria served very well to win 84% of the points (16/19) behind her first serve, and she won 70% points (19/27) on her second serve. Maria was sharp when converting 50% of the break points that she procured (4/8). On the other side, Alexandrova was struggling in converting her break points as she converted only 33% of her break points (1/3). That was one of the key issues for her defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Sakkari and Alexandrova is 1-0 for Maria.
Highlights Maria Sakkari vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic – San Jose
Next Match: Maria Sakkari vs. Mayo Hibi – H2H and stats
Sakkari will face Hibi in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Maria Sakkari and Mayo Hibi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other at pro level.
