When and where are you watching the Sakkari semifinals in Indian Wells?

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.