Madrid Open: Maria Sakkari, Aryna Sabalenka by to semis, Stefanos Tsitsipas advances to quarters

By India Today Sports Desk: Maria Sakkari and Aryna Sabalenka made their strategy by to the Madrid Open women’s singles semi-final. Both players misplaced their first models sooner than making a comeback.

World No.2 Sabalenka defeated Egypt’s Mayar Sherif 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at Manolo Santana. The 2023 Australian Open champion now has a 27-4 win-loss doc in 2023. She is about to face Greece’s Sakkari, who defeated Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-2.

Sakkari talked about that coping with Sabalenka acquired’t be easy by any stretch of the creativeness. Sabalenka is primary her Greek opponent 5-3 throughout the head-to-head rely.

“We all know she’s in top form right now. She’s the one that is playing the best tennis right now, better than anyone else. Obviously it’s not hard court, her favorite surface, but she won this tournament and she’s playing very well,” Sakkari said.

On Wednesday, Jessica Pegula and Veronika Kudermetova will lock horns in the third quarterfinal, followed by the match between World No.1 Iga Swiatek and Croatia’s Petra Martic.

TSITSIPAS GOES THROUGH

No.4 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas made light work of Bernabe Zapata Miralles after winning his Round of 16 match 6-3, 6-1 at Manolo Santana. Miralles converted all three of his break points, but got broken seven times. Tsitsipas faltered in his second serves, winning only 40 percent of points from them, but it didn’t cost him the match.

“It was positively tough; he acquired right here out pretty sturdy in a couple of of my service video video games… it’s certainly not easy having fun with in the direction of Spaniards who know the ground very properly. It appeared type of chaotic at first, nevertheless then I gave myself time to imagine and assemble my components,” Tsitsipas talked about.

In the other Round of 16 contest, Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff defeated Argentina’s Pedro Cach­n 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (7-9), 6-3. Struff will now face Tsitsipas throughout the quarterfinal.