At 26, Sakkari has never made it past the third round on the London turf in six appearances, while she played semi-finals at Roland-Garros and the US Open last year, as well as Round of 16 at the Australian Open (2020 and 2022).
For her part, Maria reached the knockout stages of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time and will face the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko (17th) who had reached the last four at Wimbledon in 2018, a year after her title at Roland Garros.
Having lost the first set, Sakkari took a clear advantage in the second when she pulled away 3-0.
She then served at 5-3 to tie a set all, but only scored a point on her face-off and allowed Maria to unbreak.
In the process, she had two set points on the opposing service but it was the German who won her service game to pick up at 5-5 before winning the next two games, a series of four games. in a row, concluding on his second match point.
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