With Pliskova the premiere of Sakkari at the Porsche Grand Prix

Draw…the Stuttgart Grand Prix is ​​a mountain for Maria Sakkari (No.9) as the Greek tennis player finds herself in trouble from the 1st round where she faces 2018 champion and former world No. 1 Karolina Pliskova ( #17).

If Sakkari qualifies, she will face Ekaterina Alexandrova and Donna Vekic, while things will get even more difficult in the quarterfinals when Maria Sakkari meets the defending champion Iga Sfiodek.

If Sakkari succeeds from there and breaks through and makes it to the semifinals, she will face one of the semifinal favorites Ons Zambert and Elena Rybakina.

Exciting games can also be expected at the bottom of the table, where two players stand out in Arina Sabalenka and Caroline Garcia, who will advance to the semi-finals if the favorite is clear.

The possible quarterfinals

• Iga Sfiodek (Poland) – Maria Sakkari (Greece)
• Ons Jambert (Tunisia) – Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
• Corey Goff (USA) – Caroline Garcia (France)
• Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – Arina Sabalenka (Belarus)

The strong encounters of the 1st round

• Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) – Donna Vekic (Croatia)
• Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) – Maria Sakkari (Greece)
• Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) – Emma Radukanou (Great Britain)
• Martina Trevisan (Italy) – Beatriz Haddad Maia (Brazil)
• Corey Goff (USA) – Veronika Kundermetova (Russia)
• Daria Kasatkina (Russia) – Paula Bandosa (Spain)
• Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) – Liudila Samsonova (Belarus)

Source: Tennis24