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Guadalajara Open, Saccari – Dolehide 2-0: “Queen” Maria in Mexico!

Guadalajara Open, Saccari – Dolehide 2-0: “Queen” Maria in Mexico!

Maria Sakkari, in the ninth final of her career, prevailed in 1.43 minutes with a score of 7-5 and 6-3 over American Caroline Dolehide (No. 111) and won her second title after 4 years (2019, Morocco).

On Monday, the Greek tennis player returns to… No. 6 in the world rankings. The 28-year-old missed the 2022 final in Mexico, but returned to rise to the top.

It is worth noting that Stefanos Tsitsipas also won in August his only title, so far, in 2023 in Mexico but in Los Campos!

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Sakkari attracted the crowd to her side in the final as well and won the title without losing a set. Thus, she became the first tennis player in 2023 to win the WTA 1000 title without losing a set. The last one to do so was Iga Cviontek in 2022 (Miami Open).

Sakkari, as the tournament winner, leaves Mexico with $454,500 in her account. At the same time, she took an important step towards qualifying for the WTA Finals.

Race

Maria Sakkari started the match with a break point, but her opponent erased it to level the score at 1-0. However, the Greek also pressed on in the American’s second service game and reached 2-1 with the break.

The American pressed in the next match, but Sakkari defended her serve (3-1). Caroline reached a triple break point in the eighth game and regained the break (4-4).

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Dollahidi erased a break point to lead 5-4 and sent Sakkari under pressure to level the score (5-5). With a break, the Greek reached 6-5 and ended the set with a serve (7-5).

In the second set, the American led 2-1, but the Greek erased a break point to make it 2-2 and earned a break point in the fifth game.

The net… gave Sakkari a break (3-2). She also defended this with her serve (4-2) and obtained a new break point in the eighth game. The American did not allow a new break point (4-3) but the Greek went comfortably to 5-3.

Sakkari reached triple match point and with her second chance, she ended the match with a break.

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