Tatiana Maria overcame the obstacle Maria Sakkari, who managed to prevail with 2-0 sets, in the match that opened the curtain at the Rod Laver Arena of the Australian Open.
Specifically, the Greek champion German (No.287) her opponent with 6-4, 7-6 (2) in 1 hour and 46 minutes in the “64” phase of the tournament will face Chinven Zeng from China who made the surprise and eliminated the Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (No. 76) with 2-1, in a match that followed Sakkari.
Maria Sakkari theoretically had an easy task, but the stress of the premiere led her to effortless mistakes that Tatiana Maria took advantage of, with the two tennis players going hand in hand in the score until the ninth game of the first set.
That signature @mariasakkari power ??#AusOpen • #AO2022@wwos · @espn · @Eurosport · @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/19bFCbplFb
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2022
At that point in the match, the superiority of the top Greek tennis player was seen, who was able to “respond” to the thriller she went to create by completing the game with 37 effortless mistakes for 28 winners.
Let’s get the party started ????@mariasakkari is through to the second round, getting it done in straight-sets over Tatjana Maria 6-4 7-6(2). #AusOpen • #AO2022@wwos · @espn · @Eurosport · @wowowtennis pic.twitter.com/iLmbzNxCf0
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 17, 2022
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