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9“Maria Sakkari”
Nieuws
7Fourteen of twenty second-serve return points: Sakkari’s Wuhan quarterfinal returnSakkari beat Pohankova 6–1, 6–4, holding off a late recovery from 5–1 in the second set.→
From 4–6 to two 6–2 sets: Sakkari turns the match against KostyukSakkari beat the eighth seed on October 13, advancing in the event where her 2017 qualifying run first carried her into the top fifty.→
Eleven holds, then the decisive break: Chwalinska survives Sakkari in WuhanChwalinska won 6–0, 3–6, 7–5 on October 16, saving four of five break points and converting pressure in the last return game.→
Seventeen holds in nineteen service games: Sakkari’s Singapore startSakkari beat Fruhvirtova on September 22 and Hibino on September 24, 2026, breaking four times and losing serve once in each straight-sets win.→
Six breaks against Sakkari, then a first final: Gibson’s Singapore routeGibson beat Sakkari 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 on September 25, 2026. A semifinal walkover the next day put her into a first WTA final after three completed wins.→
Ten tiebreaks, ten wins: Muchova adds two against McNally in WuhanMuchova beat McNally 3–6, 7–6(1), 7–6(4) on October 14. WTA called her the first player this century to win a season’s opening ten tiebreaks.→
Fewer winners, a 6–4, 6–1 victory: Chwalinska’s Wuhan breakthrough against JovicChwalinska recorded 15 unforced errors to Jovic’s 31. Five straight games ended the second set of their October 15 Wuhan last-16 match.→
