Sakkari with Masarova in the third round of the Madrid Open

Rebekah Masarova (No.74) qualified for the 3rd round of the Madrid Open when she defeated Donna Vekic 6-1, 7-6(5) after an hour and 29 minutes and booked a ‘date’ with Maria Sakkari ( No. 9) in the “32”.

This will be the first on-court encounter for the 27-year-old Greek tennis player, ranked No. 74 in the world, who is expected to break her career high after today’s win when the WTA rankings are updated.

Technically, the 23-year-old Spaniard made an impressive start to the first set, starting a series of 3/3 games won, with a break in between (3:0).

The 26-year-old Croatian lost with a love game (40:0), but Masarova successfully completed the first round with another decisive run and laid the foundation for the direct victory (6:1).

In the second part, the Spaniard broke off with “Guten Abend” and built up the deficit with a successful service game (2:0).

The world No. 23 immediately regained momentum by erasing the first break and grabbing another in game 7 (5-2), but Masarova managed to bounce back to win the match by moving to 2nd. Her opponent’s break responded (5-). 5).

In the 11th game, the Spaniard brought Vekic’s service up and down with another “transgression” (6-5), but failed to successfully serve to victory later in the match, and so both sides were called upon to resolve differences in the tie-break (6 -6).

There, after almost 11 minutes, Masarova defeated “battle” Vekic 7-5 in the individual classification and secured a spot for the 3rd round of the WTA 1000 event (7-6(5).

Source: Tennis24