Tennis
Sakkari – Sabalenka 0-2: Loss and elimination for Maria in the Indian Wells semifinals
Maria Sakkari (No. 7) said goodbye at the 1000 Indian Wells tournament in the semifinals because she could not overcome the obstacle of Arina Sambalenka (No. 2), who won 2-0 sets (6-2, 6-3) prevailed. .
Maria Sakkari (No.7) tried but failed to qualify for the final of the 1000th tournament in Indian Wells. Arina Sabalenka (No. 2) won with a 2:0 (6:2, 6:3) set, showed great stability and is now waiting for her next opponent, one of Svyotek – Rybakina.
Sakkari on the other hand had a great tournament. She overcame great obstacles and even with reversals, but in the end she could not reach the source as her opponent was obviously fresher.
The match
Sabalenka only managed the break in the fourth game of the game. Sakkari reacted immediately. She responded trailing 2-3 but it wasn’t enough as she then failed to convert her serve and the Belarusian suffered a second break.
Dominating all statistical categories, Maria’s opponent showed stability and made life difficult for Sakkari. So Sabalenka ended the first set 6:2 with a third break.
Sabalenka also started the second set strong, made the break and was 2-0 in the games. Sakkari was able to react immediately, canceled the counterattack and equalized to make it 2-2. However, the Belarusian found another break, made Maria difficult with her returns and took a 4-2 lead.
The world No. 2 took advantage of Sakkari’s poor second serve numbers to end the match 6-3 in games. Maria Unlike the previous games where he had around 40 unforced errors, this time he only made 15. But she only had nine winners, which didn’t allow her to claim more.
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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