OR Maria Sakkari lost the qualification for the ’32’ of her tournament Rome Through her hands, with Magda Linet turning the game, she dominated 2-1 and taking the rematch from the Greek tennis player for her defeat in Madrid a month ago.
Despite the good start, Maria Sakkari lost 1-6, 6-4, 6-1 by the Polish tennis player (No. 32 in the world) in the 2nd round of the Rome tournament and completed her presence in the “Eternal City”, where she started in the qualifiers.
Maria Sakkari got the first set, not as easily as the final 6-1, but with the key to the fact that it was more decisive and cool in critical points. The second set was perfectly balanced, with the Greek champion brewing and leading 4-3, with Linet-yet-responding immediately and then “erasing” three break points to keep her service and with a new break reaching 6-4.
Shocked by this development, Sakkari lost three more consecutive games at the start of the third set and never reacted. It is noteworthy that in the last game, it was ahead 0-40 in Polish service, but failed to win it.