Sakkari 2-0 Gratseva: Maria reached the quarter-finals of the Austrian tournament

After Paritha Dias, Maria Sakkari (No. 7) also passed the obstacle the Russian and No. 84 tennis player in the world Varvara Gratseva with a 2-0 set (6-4, 6-2) and advanced to the “8”. at the 250m indoor tournament in Leeds.

There she meets Donna Vekic (No. 33) and Madison Brengle (No. 82), who meet on Thursday (September 2nd).

The Greek tennis player celebrated her 7th win in 2023 and this week her 2nd in a row in Austria.

The 27-year-old Greek, who has won eight of the game’s last ten games, showed she is in good shape and continued her convincing performances a few hours after her successful debut in the tournament against Spain’s Nuria Parithas Diath.

The match was contested for a set, with the world No. 7 tennis player stepping on the gas at 4-4 in the opening set to celebrate a comfortable win over world No. 84.

Sakkari ended the match with just 14 effortless penalties that didn’t allow her opponent to break!

Her serve worked beautifully for the 2nd day in a row and with 42/61 points won behind her she had no further trouble and erased all six break chances created by Gracheva.

The No. 1 on the board used 3/12 break points to earn her 412th win of her career.

Source: Tennis24