Lost in the details after a long battle with Elina Svidolina or Maria Sakkari, However, she showed the big come-back and her return to the elite ready!
On Tuesday afternoon (29/04), the Greek tennis player saw her trip to Madrid Open be completed in the round of ’16’, knowing the defeat with 2-0 sets (6-3, 6-2) From Ukrainian, No. 17 of the world rankings, after an exciting 1 hour and 38 -minute game.
The 29 -year -old champion, No. 82 of the world, after Great appearances on Jasmine Paolini and Magda Linetshe was unable to continue the very good tournament she was conducting in the Spanish Court’s dirt court, but she showed her footsteps after a while, raising her psychology in view of the next racing obligations.
Putting on the pressure ??@Elinasvitolina Leads Sakkari 6-3 in 45 Minutes!#Mopen pic.twitter.com/sj0af9G27m
– wta (@wta) April 29, 2025
As for today’s match, Sakkari received two breaks in her serve from Svolinawhich won the first set with 6-3, at a time when the Greek champion has many times difficult to serve Ukrainian, without being able to translate them into a break.
In the second set, the game took a spectacular turn, as all the games were open and claimable to the end! Hence and there were four breaks in the first seven games (!)with Sakari making a terribly militant spirit and through her aggressive game to Returns from 4-1 to 4 everything! However, her counterattack was not completed, as Svolina kept her 5-4 game to follow another difficult break for 6-4 and 2-0 set.
However, her course Maria Sakkari on the WTA 1000ar Tourna is expected to launch her in the world rankings, Waiting for the next Monday to see her name “detach” from No. 82 of the world!
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