Maria Sakkari started with a victory on WTA Finals in Guadalajara. The Greek tennis player, who is WTA No 6, won her match versus Polish Iga Swiatek by 2-0 (6:2, 6:4) for almost an hour and a half.
Maria Sakkari dominated during the whole match with 96% of 1st Serve Points Won and saving 2 breakpoints and did not allow a break.
The first set started with service for Iga Swiatek, who won it on 15. However, after that, the domination of Maria Sakkari was visible, as she won her service game and had two breakpoints to break the service of her Polish opponent. Both players exchanged one service game, but in the 7th game, Maria Sakkari had another chance for a break and did not lose it, taking an advance of 5:2. On her won service, the Greek player did not have problems and won the first set by 6:2.
The second set started equal, as both players won their first service games. In the third game, Maria Sakkari missed two breakpoints, but failed in both and Iga Swiatek won her service. In the seventh game, however, Maria Sakkari succeeded to break on the service of her Polish opponent, even missing two breakpoints. Thus, she took an advantage of 4:3, which kept by the end of the match and won the second set by 6:4.
The next match of Maria Sakkari is versus Spanish Paula Badosa Gibert (WTA No 10), while Iga Swiatek will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (WTA No 2).
