Top seed Maria Sakkari wins with defense in St. Petersburg opener

Field Level Media
09 Feb 2022, 05:49 GMT+10

No. 1 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece saved 12 of 14 break points to win a lengthy 6-4, 6-4 decision over Russia's Anastasia Potapova on Tuesday in first-round action at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Sakkari, ranked seventh in the world, trailed during both sets. She fell behind 3-0 in the first set before storming back and was losing 4-3 in the second before winning the final three games.

Two other seeded players also won Tuesday.

Sixth-seeded Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic cruised past German Jule Niemeier 6-2, 6-1, and seventh-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia needed only 63 minutes to beat China's Xinyu Wang 6-1, 6-4.

Petra Martic of Croatia, meanwhile, went the distance and needed two hours and 41 minutes to knock off Kamilla Rakhimova 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Martic held a 13-0 advantage in aces for the match, but Rakhimova stayed in the fight by saving 12 of 15 break points.

Romanian players went 3-for-3 Tuesday as Irina-Camelia Begu, Sorana Cirstea and Jaqueline Cristian all won. Also advancing were Kaja Juvan of Slovenia, Tereza Martincova of Czech Republic, Andrea Petkovic of Germany and Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.

--Field Level Media

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