Greek Maria Sakkari, ranked sixth in the world, defeated Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday to access the round of 16 of the Guadalajara Masters and continue her aspirations to reach the WTA finals.
In a long points match, with alternating dominance, Sakkari capitalized on Kostyuk’s double faults at key moments to claim victory.
The rivals suffered breaks in their first two service games in the first set; in the fifth Sakkari was ahead of the Ukrainian servebut the break could not be confirmed and it was in the tenth ‘game’ that Kostyuk committed a double fault and sealed the fate of the set in favor of the Greek.
For the second they improve service effectiveness; From the depth of the court, Sakkari was sharp, but the Ukrainian responded well, however, he repeated the story of the tenth game where with a pair of double faults he opened the way to victory for Sakkari.
Kostyuk did not play badly in attack, he made 22 winning shots, six more than Maria, although he made 27 unforced errors, six more than the Greek, who in the round of 16 will face the winner between the American Danielle Collins and the Polish Magdalena Frech.
One of the stars of the day was Eugenie Bouchard. The Canadian, playing in the tournament thanks to an invitation, achieved his first victory in a Premier 1000 since May 2017 by defeating American Kayla Day 7-5, 6-3. Her opponent in the second round is, this Wednesday, the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
Quite new Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beat Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-6(5), 6-2 and also kept her chances of reaching the WTA final alive.
In the first set they exchanged leading roles and forced a ‘tie break’, deciding on a double fault from Pliskova, who collapsed in the second set and fell 6-2.
In its part, Czech Katerina Siniakova, 54th in the WTA ranking, beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-5, 6-2The 11th seed, who showed a good performance on her first serve, but struggled to resist the pressure from Siniakova.
Other top-tier numbers eliminated were Czechs Barbora Krejcikova and Petra Kvitova.
Krejcikova, seeded ninth, fell 6-3, 6-3 to Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya and Kvitova lost 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 to Canadian Bianca Andreescu.
The Russian Seventh-seeded Daria Kasatkina defeated China’s Lin Zhu 6-1, 6-2and 14th-seeded American Danielle Collis sealed the top 32 stage with a 6-4, 6-1 win over compatriot Caroline Dolehide.
the czech Marie Bouskova defeated compatriot Tereza Martincova 6-2, 7-2 and this Wednesday she will face the Colombian Camila Osorio, the only Latin American left in the main draw, after the elimination of Haddad Maria and the Brazilian Laura Pigossi, defeated 6-4, 6-1 by the Croatian Donna Vekic.
In the last game of the day, the French Carolina García defeated Canadian Rebecca Marino 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5).
The Premier 1,000 takes place on a hard court with a prize pool of 2,527,250 dollars.
Results of the day
Second round:
Bianca Andreescu defeated Petra Kvitova 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
Caroline Garcia d. Rebecca Marino 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-6(5)
Maria Sakkari d. Marta Kostyuk 6-4, 6-4
Daria Kasatkina defeated Zhu Lin 6-1, 6-2
First round:
Madison Keys d. Magda Linette 6-3, 6-3
Katerina Siniakova beat Beatriz Haddad Maia 7-5, 6-2
Martina Trevisan defeated Nao Hibino 6-4, 6-3
Elisabetta Cocciaretto defeated Anastasia Potapova 6-2, 6-1
Elena Rybakina d. Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (5), 6-2
Donna Vekic defeated Laura Pigossi 6-4, 6-1
Eugenie Bouchard d. Kayla Day 7-5, 6-3
Jelena Ostapenko defeated Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-3
Danielle Collins def. Caroline Dolehide (USA) 6-4, 6-1
Magdalena Frech defeated Yulia Putintseva 6-3, 6-4
Anna Kalinskaya d Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-4
Marie Bouzkova d. Tereza Martincova 6-2, 7-5
Source: La Verdad
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