Greek tennis champ Maria Sakkari advanced to the quarters of the French Open tournament on Monday, after dumping last year’s French Open runner-up Sofia Kenin.
Her comfortable strait sets win 6-1, 6-3, against the fourth-seeded American now sets her up for a clash with either reigning champion Iga Swiatek or Ukrainian teenager Marta Kostyuk.
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No.17 seed Sakkari secures the first set 6-1 over No.4 seed Kenin in just 27 minutes.
She’s done it with points like this. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/4CV2JypqB6
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 7, 2021
Sakkari broke Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open winner, six times as Kenin committed 32 unforced errors and served nine double faults.
