Van – Sakkari 0-2: Maria has mastered the second round of the Australian Open

He held the title of favorite from the start and confirmed it on the pitch. Maria Sakkari won a 2-0 set against Wang (No. 119) and advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.

The No. 6 in the world rankings only met resistance from the 24-year-old in the second set of the match, which she returned to victory there. In the next round she meets 18-year-old Russian Diana Snyder.

The match: The beginning of the match was nervous for both tennis players with many mistakes. Essentially, the set was decided in his 3rd and 4th games.

First Sakkari broke, but then Wan had three chances to hit back. Sack held at love to take a 3-1 lead, then finished the set without losing another game.

The second set started with a break from Wan, then the Chinese held serve to take a 2-0 lead. Sakkari sought solutions to restore order to the set and soon succeeded.

In the sixth game in particular, she broke back and then held at love to take a 4-3 lead. In fact, he threatened Wan with a new break right after, but she persevered and made it 4-4.

Sakkari then easily held at love for 5-4 and then pushed and pressured the Chinese. Wan erased two match points but not the third as Sakkari ended the match with a break to make it 6-4.