Showed a competitive face against Elina Svolinabut the Maria Sakkari She saw her career at Madrid Open ends in the ’16’ phase, after a fascinating game of 1 hour and 20 minutes.
On Tommy Hill’s return to her bench, Maria Sakkari showed a good tournament in Madrid, “counting” three consecutive wins. Elina Svolina, however, proved to be an insurmountable “obstacle” and defeated her 2-0 (6-3, 6-4).
The 29 -year -old Greek champion, No. 82 of the world, has shown to find her “footsteps” after a while, raising her psychology in the face of the next racing obligations on the dirt surface.
The service was the one that betrayed Sakkari after seeing Svolina (No. 17 in the world rankings) to break her in five games.
The game started badly for Sakkari, who received a break with … good morning, missed the opportunity to get it back right after, and had to “turn off” a break point in the 3rd Game to reduce to 2-1. The Greek champion had another chance to bring the match straight to the 8th Game, but failed and Svitolina with a break closed the set with 6-3.
The second set began in a similar way, as the 30-year-old Ukrainian led 2-0. Sakkari “broke” for the first time her opponent’s service and temporarily reduced to 2-1, but Svitolina immediately took control and escaped 4-1. The Greek tennis player reacted and tied 4-4, but lost her service again (for the fifth time in the match) and was eliminated from the tournament.
Putting on the pressure @Elinasvitolina leads Sakkari 6-3 in 45 minutes!#MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/sJ0AF9g27m
– WTA (@WTA) April 29, 2025
Maria Sakkari’s march to the WTA 1000ar Tournament is expected to upload her to the world rankings.