Tennis
When and where are you watching the Sakkari semifinals in Indian Wells?
The Indian Wells organizers have announced the schedule for the semifinals, which will take place on Friday (17/03) around midnight between Maria Sakkari and Arina Sambalenka.
Indian Wells is in the final sprint and on Friday (March 17) the women’s semi-finals will be played, in which Maria Sakkari will take part.
The number 7 in the world will take to the pitch around midnight (Novasports 6, LIVE by Sportish) and compete against Arina Sabalenka. The athlete from Belarus is ranked No. 2 in the world and is in excellent shape.
The two tennis players faced each other seven more times, with Sambalenka counting four wins and Sakkari three wins.
The data for their position in the world rankings
Whatever happens in the match, little can change the position of the athletes in the world rankings. Maria Sakkari is currently in ninth place after being stripped of points in last year’s run to the final.
Sac falls back to 10th in the worst case scenario if she loses and Rybakina advances to the finals. If the 27-year-old Greek qualifies for the final, she will finish 7th no matter what happens in it.
On the other hand, Arina Sabalenka, no matter what happens in the tournament from now on, she will be number 2 in the world.
So they reached the semifinals
Maria Sakkari reached the semifinals with quite an adventure. Four twists to be exact. She beat Rogers, Kalinina, Pliskova and Kvitova back-to-back in sets 2-1.
On the opposite bank, Sabalenka’s course was more passable. In the second round she eliminated Rodina 2-0, in her second match she did not compete after the elimination of Tsurenko, while in the fourth round it took three sets to knock out Krejcikova. In the quarterfinals, Koko Goff won 2-0.
The financial details of the game
The previous course of the two athletes in the tournament has also secured them a considerable sum. In particular, both will enter data into their bank account details 332,071 euros.
Whoever qualifies for the finals will almost double that amount once they secure it The winner of the tournament receives 623,735 euros 1,188,615 euros.
Source: sport 24
Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic has made it to the fourth round of the Australian Open, which is taking place in Melbourne.
Fourth seed Djokovic beat Botik van de Zandshulp of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the third round. The tennis players spent 2 hours and 44 minutes on the court.
For the 38-year-old Serb, this is his 400th victory in Grand Slam singles tournaments. Previously, Djokovic became the first tennis player in history to win 100 or more games at three different Grand Slam tournaments.
Djokovic’s next opponent will be the winner of the match between Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic, 16th seeded) and Ethan Quinn (USA).
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Men. Third circle
Novak Djokovic (Serbia, 4) – Botik van de Zandshulp (Netherlands) – 6:3, 6:4, 7:6 (7:4)
Source: Sportbox
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Russian Anna Kalinskaya failed to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open.
In the third round, Kalinskaya, who received the 31st seed at the tournament, was defeated by the second racket of the world, Poland’s Iga Szwiatek, with a score of 1:6, 6:1, 1:6. The meeting lasted 1 hour 41 minutes.
In the next round, Szwiatek will play against Maddison Inglis from Australia, who reached the fourth round on the refusal of the former first racket of the world, Japanese Naomi Osaka.
Grand Slam Tournament. Australian Open. Melbourne (Australia). Hard. Total prize fund: about $75 million
Women. Third circle
Iga Szwiatek (Poland, 2) – Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) – 6:1, 1:6, 6:1
Source: Sportbox
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Tennis
Former world number one Safin will play at the tournament of legends as part of the Australian Open
Former first racket of the world, Russian Marat Safin, will take part in the tournament of legends as part of the Australian Open tennis championship, the press service of the tournament reports.
In addition to Safin, the world team included German Tommy Haas, Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova, Andrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber (both from Germany). Patrick Rafter, Lleyton Hewitt, Mark Philippoussis, Samantha Stosur, Alicia Molik and Casey Dellacqua will play for Australia.
Safin is 45 years old, he is the former first racket of the world, winner of two Grand Slam singles tournaments. In the final of the 2005 Australian Open, he beat Hewitt in four sets. Safin retired from acting in 2009.
The Australian Open is taking place these days in Melbourne.
Source: Sportbox
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