Maria Sakkari made her American Open debut with a right hand. She beat Tatiana Maria 6-4, 3-6, 6-0. Her next match is tomorrow and she will face the winner of the match Diane Parry – Qigu Wang.

In the first set the German started strong and led 3-0, but Maria Sakkari didn’t say the last word. He won game 4 and then fell to 2-4. With a double break point in game 7, she made it 3-4, equalized, took advantage of her opponent’s mistakes and went 5-4 ahead. The continuation belonged to the Greek tennis player who won the first set 6-4.

The beginning of the second set was similar to the first, except that Tatyana Maria emerged victorious. Maria Sakkari entered the 3rd set, determined to beat him, and with him the qualification. With… a show of strength, he started with a break and then went to 3-0. She made the score 4:0 with a break, defended her serve (5:0) and finished the match in the best way (break and 6:0).

With this victory, Maria Sakkari reached 14th place at the American Open. In other Premier League matches, Caroline Garcia defeated Kamila Rakimova 6-2, 6-4 and will face Anna Kalinska, who eliminated Rebecca Peterson 6-4, 6-3.