The ‘Sak-attack’ is back! Greek tennis star Maria Sakkari made it through to the fourth round of the Australian Open taking over her Russian opponent, Veronika Kudermetova 6-4, 6-1 in one hour and 24 minutes.
The No.5 seed pressured Kudermetova by playing a hard and dominant game which resulted in the latter making many errors in comparison to Sakkari (32-12).
Even though Sakkari hit less winners (15-12) she had an undeniably more effective strategy, breaking the Russian five times with more advantages in first-serve points won (77-63) and second-serve points won (61-32).
Sakkari will now face American 21st seed Jessica Pegula in the fourth round.
Greece lightning 🇬🇷@mariasakkari sails past Veronika Kudermetova 6-4 6-1 to reach Week 2.#AusOpen • #AO2022 pic.twitter.com/P0aIhJFxRI
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 21, 2022
