Sakkari – Garcia 2:1: In the semifinals of the Qatar Open with an exciting final

Maria Sakkari resisted the counterattack of Caroline Garcia and after a great fight of almost three hours she reached the semifinals of the Qatar Open, beating the world No. 5.

The 27-year-old Greek was cool in the deciding tie-break of the 3rd set and celebrated her second consecutive qualification for the semi-finals of the WTA event, where she will meet No. 2 on the board Jessica Pegula on Friday (17/2).

With a score of 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(5), Sakkari celebrated the 1st win of her career in H2H with Garcia (now 3-1) and achieved 11 wins in 2023, confirming how she is having a great week in the Middle East with her third straight win against a top 25 tennis player.

Although she failed to “consolidate” her victory in the 2nd set tie break, where she led 5-4 and held the balls for two serves, Maria went into the decider and played very stable tennis. to find the victory in the end in detail.

With 77/111 points won behind her serve, the game was ended by the winner, who kept her serve intact throughout the match!

Garcia ended the match with 0/3 break opportunities, an example of the horrible day Sakkari was having.

The Greek finished the match with 2/5 break points, winning 4/5 of the final points of the deciding tiebreak to celebrate the big win over the French.

With this result, Maria defended the course she completed in Doha last year through to the semi-finals of the event (she was eliminated by eventual champion Sfiodek) and now she can only win by her presence in Qatar.