Pegula – Sakkari 2-0: Maria ran out of strength and lost in the final

What happened in the semifinals eventually cost Maria Sakkari enough, who performed without energy in the final of the Guadalajara Open and lost 2-0 sets to Jessica Pegula.

The 27-year-old Greek champion had to play a second game within a few hours, which didn’t allow her to have the picture she showed us in the rest of the tournament.

His finale Guadalajara Open notes that Maria Sakkari won. She achieved her main goal of qualifying for the WTA Finals, will rise to No. 4 in the world rankings and found herself in a WTA 1000 Finals tournament.

Jessica Pegula, on the other hand, will climb to number 3 in the world for the first time in her career and win her second title after Washington 2019.

The match: He actually lasted three games in the first set. Sakkari served first and took a 2-1 lead, but from there she only took five points, getting two breaks and of course Pegula made it 6-2 to make it 1-0.

The break came even earlier in the second set for the American, who only broke Sakkari’s serve in the third game and then held hers to take a 3-1 lead.

The second break for Pegula came in the seventh game to make it 5-2, which Sakkari immediately responded with a break back to level it at 5-3. In the next game, however, the American completed the set and the match with another break to make it 6: 3.