Berlin Open: Sakkari to meet Kasatkina in quarters
Maria Sakkari beats Daria Saville 6-1, 7-5 to reach the quarter-finals in Berlin
Greece’s Maria Sakkari in action during her quarter final match against Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
World No 6 Maria Sakkari is through to the quarter-finals of the Berlin Open at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club after a straight sets win over Australian qualifier Daria Saville.
Maria Sakkari, the second seed from Greece, won 6-1, 7-5 in one hour and 31 minutes to advance to the last eight where she will meet sixth seed Daria Kasatkina.
Kasatkina, who reached the French Open semi-finals earlier this month, scored a 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 win over Ekaterina Alexandrova.
Berlin WTA 500, second-round results (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210)
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina beat Ekaterina Alexandrova: 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
- Karolina Pliskova (4) beat Bianca Andreescu: 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (7)
- Liudmila Samsonova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Coco Gauff
- Belinda Bencic vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Ons Jabeur vs. Alycia Parks
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