Guadalajara (Mexico), October 20 (EFE) .- Greece’s María Sakkari, fourth favorite, came in a comeback by beating American Danielle Collins 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday and qualifying for the quarter-finals. the WTA Master which is played in Guadalajara.
Sakkari, sixth in the world rankings, started with precision in the service, with good repercussions and caused errors not forced by the rival. she the Greek took the lead, but in the tenth she failed in an attempt to close the set and in the twelfth she suffered a break again to give the American the victory in the set.
At the start of the second segment, María took the lead with her opponent’s serve and from then on she was unstoppable, with balls distributed at different angles and precision to play better in two of the four break occasions she had.
Without taking risks, Sakkari and Collins bet not to make mistakes and reached the seventh game without pauses; in the eighth Sakkari deciphered Collins’ serve and the rest was to keep the serve in the ninth to win 6-3.
“It was a tough game, I had a chance to win the first set, but then I did my job; the people in Guadalajara are amazing, unique and I appreciate the support,” said María, who kept her friends alive. possibility of qualification for the WTA Finals, which will be played in Fort Worth, from October 31 to and from November.
This Friday, in the best eight phase, Maria will face the Russian Veronika Kudermentova, eighth seeded, winner 6-4, 6-4 of Lithuanian Jelena Ostapenko.
Shortly before, American Sloane Stephens defeated French Caroline García 7-5 (6), sixth-seeded, who was not helped much by the effectiveness of her serve, the best on tour.
After winning the tie break, Stephens was confident and finished the work to reach the quarter-finals, a phase in which his compatriot Jessica Pegula, winner 6-4, 6-4 of Canadian Bianca Andreescu, will play.
This Thursday the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka beat the American Madison Keys 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-1 and will face the American Coco Gauff, winning 6-0, 6-3 of the Italian Martina Trevisan.
In another duel, the Czech Marie Bouzkova turned and defeated the Russian Liumila Samsonova 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 and will play the quarter-finals against the winner of the Russian Daria Kasatkina, seventh favorite, and Anna Kalinskaya. EFE
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