Women's Tennis Blog · Sep 9, 2021
Maria Sakkari grabs last semifinal berth at US Open
Maria Sakkari reached her second Grand Slam semifinal this season with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Karolina Pliskova at the US Open.
The 17th-seeded Sakkari had survived being two points from defeat against 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu in the previous round and backed that win up on Wednesday with a confident performance against the 2016 US Open finalist Pliskova.
Making the most of her serve, Sakkari never faced a break point against the fourth-seeded Czech during the quarterfinal that lasted one hour and 22 minutes. The Greek’s stats are impressive: she lost just two points on her first serve (winning 24 of 26) and during one stretch she won 22 consecutive service points.