Maria stuns fifth seed Sakkari to succeed in first main fourth spherical

Germany’s Tatjana Maria, at 34 the oldest participant left within the ladies’s draw, knocked fifth seed Maria Sakkari out of Wimbledon 6-3 7-5 on Friday to make the fourth spherical of a Grand Slam for the primary time in her profession.

Ranked 103rd, the mom of two returned from maternity go away slightly below a 12 months in the past and rallied from 3-0 down within the deciding set to defeat Sorana Cirstea in her earlier spherical for a primary win over a top-50 participant in additional than two years.

Hello, fourth spherical 👋@Maria_Tatjana stuns No.5 seed Maria Sakkari 6-3, 7-5 to advance to a Grand Slam Round of 16 for the primary time#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/49RCUjWpBc

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Maria will subsequent face Twelfth-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, for a spot within the quarter-finals of the grasscourt main.

Greek Sakkari, who reached the French and U.S. Open semi-finals final 12 months, made 30 unforced errors and will solely convert one in every of her seven breakpoint alternatives.

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