Maria Sakkari was knocked out by Wimbledon in the first round. The leading Greek tennis player was knocked out 0-6,7-5,6-2 by Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (No. 28) and said goodbye to London early. Even though he takes the first set 6-0, it rains and all Easy mistakes Sent out of the tournament.
Simply awesome transformation 🤯@employee She puts up an impressive fight against No. 8 seed Maria Sakkari to make her way to the second round, 0-6, 7-5, 6-2 👏# Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/zGieUfKTLz
– Wimbledon (@wimbledon) July 5, 2023
Although she was flawless in the first set, she was hurt by the long break in the second and when the players came back, she greatly increased her unforced errors. The match lasted 1.52 minutes.
The Greek made 47 unforced errors (her opponent had 32), while the winners were 19-16 for Sakkari. The break points were 5/12 (Sakari) and 5/16 (Kostyuk), but the Greek made 3 breaks in the first set.
This is the first time that Kostyuk beat Skary (in 3 matches).
Walk to Maria!
Maria Sakkari started the match with a break (2-0), but Marta Kostyuk reached a triple break point. The Greeks erased the three and advanced 3-0 with a serve. A new break and 4-0 for Sakkari, who defended it 5-0.
His heart 🔁
After losing the first 0-6, @employee The second set claims 7-5 to force the decision # Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/eJp59v0vaN
– Wimbledon (@wimbledon) July 5, 2023
The Greek got a break point (set), but the Ukrainian lost it, and the match was stopped due to rain for an hour. In return, Scarry gets a new break point which her opponent erases again. With the third, Sakkari finished the set with a 6-0 break!
The first set only lasted 25 minutes. Skari scored 3/5 break points, Kostyuk 0/3. The unforced errors of the Ukrainian 18-9.
returned and equalized
Anthony Patsouras
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