the greek player Maria Sakkarnumber 7 in the WTA and seeded number 1, met expectations by winning the semifinals of the WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg for 6-4, 6(4)-7(7) and 6-4 in three hours and nine minutes to the Romanian tennis player Irina-Camelia Begu, number 56 of the WTA. After this result, the player wins the place for the final of the WTA 500 tournament in St. Petersburg.
Begu managed to break his opponent’s serve 5 times, while Sakkari did it 7 times. In addition, the Greek had a 54% first serve and committed 3 double faults, managing to win 57% of the points on serve, while her opponent obtained 63% effectiveness, made 4 double faults and managed to win 54% of the points on serve.
During the final Sakkari will play against the winner of the match between the Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko and the Estonian Anett Kontaveit.
This tournament takes place in St. Petersburg between February 5 and 13 on an outdoor hard court. A total of 59 tennis players compete in this competition and a total of 32 reach the final phase, among those who qualify directly, those who have been overcoming the previous rounds of the tournament and the invited players.