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Sakkari – Garcia 2:1: In the semifinals of the Qatar Open with an exciting final
Maria Sakkari made a crucial step to win the Qatar Open after eliminating a great rival, Caroline Garcia, in the quarterfinals.
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.
Source: sport 24
The men’s singles draw for the last 16 matches at the 2026 Australian Open will be held on January 25.
They will enter the Margaret Court Arena at approximately 09:30 Kyiv time. Daniil Medvedev (ATR 12) and Lerner Tien (USA, ATP 29).
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This will be the fourth head-to-head meeting between the rivals. The score is 2:1 in Tien’s favor.
The winner of the match will face Alexander Zverev or Francisco Cherundolo in the quarter-finals.
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The first racket of the world, Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.
In the fourth round, Alcaraz defeated American Tommy Paul with a score of 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5. The meeting lasted 2 hours 44 minutes.
The next opponent of the 22-year-old Spaniard will be the winner of the match Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan, 10) – Alex De Minaur (Australia, 6).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Fourth circle
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain, 1) – Tommy Paul (USA, 19) – 7:6 (8:6), 6:4, 7:5
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American Jovic, at the age of 18, reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, where she will play Sabalenka.
American tennis player Iva Jovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam tournament in Australia.
In the 1/8 final match, Jovich, who received the 29th seed, beat the representative of Kazakhstan, Yulia Putintseva, with a score of 6:0, 6:1. The meeting lasted 54 minutes.
According to Opta Ace, 18-year-old Jovic repeated the result of her eminent compatriot Venus Williams from 1998, reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in women’s singles without losing games. Earlier, the young athlete knocked out the representative of the top 10, Italian Jasmine Paolini, from the tournament bracket. In the next round of the competition, Jovic will play against world number one Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Fourth circle
Iva Jovic (USA, 29) – Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) – 6:0, 6:1
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