
Ekaterina Alexandrova bests Maria Sakkari 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Bad Homburg on Wednesday. Alexandrova will face off with Iga Swiatek in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This will be her most significant achievement in this event. In the past, the best she could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see her previous results at this event.
Alexandrova added to her prize money $ 12,770 after winning this match. She has already won $ 27,940 after this win. If she wins the next match, the Russian will add $ 31,160 to her earnings to get in total $ 59,100 in total.
Highlights Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Maria Sakkari Bad Homburg Open – Bad Homburg
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Russian scored 102 points vs. the Greek’s 94.
Alexandrova
Alexandrova served very well to win 77% of the points (55/71) behind her first serve, and she won 55% points (22/40) on her second serve. The Russian blasted 13 aces and she committed 6 double faults. Ekaterina was pretty focused in converting 67% of the break points that she procured (2/3).
Sakkari
On the other side, Sakkari wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for her demise.
After this match, the head to head between Alexandrova and Sakkari is 2-6 for Maria.
Draw and next match H2H: Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iga Swiatek – stats
Alexandrova will play Swiatek in the quarter.
This will be the 6th time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Iga Swiatek play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Swiatek (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Alexandrova won 6-4 6-2 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2024.
Live score progression and stats
Alexandrova was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Maria Sakkari in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating her break and lead 3-0. That was sufficient for Alexandrova to win the set (6-3) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. On the other side, Maria was unable to convert any of her 3 break points. She had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 40-A).
They contested 60 points. This set was so close that, The Russian won this set even if she scored the same amount of points as her opponent. Ekaterina lost 9 points on serve (23-9). On the other side, Sakkari conceded 7 points on serve (21-7).
The Greek won the set after she broke Alexandrova .
Sakkari was flawless in converting all her break points in the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Maria didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 75 points. It’s worth to point out that, Maria won this set even if she scored less points 5 than Alexandrova (35-40). Maria dropped 8 points on serve (23-8). On the losing side, Ekaterina conceded 12 points on serve (32-12).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Ekaterina snatched in the 4th game (3-1) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
They played 53 points. Alexandrova conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Sakkari (29-24). Ekaterina lost 10 points on serve (20-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Sakkari conceded 9 points on serve (14-9).
Tennis Scores in Bad Homburg
- Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Clara TausonTauson (3-6 6-3 6-1)
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Maria SakkariSakkari (6-3 6-72 6-3)
- Linda NoskovaNoskova – Donna VekicVekic (2-6 6-2 6-4)
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Elina SvitolinaSvitolina (3-6 6-4 7-67)
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (6-2 6-3)
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Naomi OsakaOsaka (6-4 6-4)
- Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez (7-68 7-66)
- Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (6-4 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Jessica PegulaPegula – Emma NavarroNavarro (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (2-3) – H2H details and stats
- Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia – Jasmine PaoliniPaolini (0-2) – H2H details and stats