Showing team play from the middle of the 1st set onwards, Maria Sakkari beat Ekaterina Aleksandrova 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Doha, Qatar.

After a perfectly balanced start, when two rivals tied 3:3 (each made a break), the Greek tennis player dramatically increased her performance, took advantage of the mistakes of the Russian woman and took seven games in a row.

So not only did he take the first set, but he also secured a big lead (4-0) in the second, reaching victory without further trouble.

Sakkari will face either France’s Carolina Garcia (#5 in the world and #3 in the standings), whom she has never beaten before, or Czech Carolina Mucova (#123), whom she lost at last year’s Roland Garros. .

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