Rolled for nearly 3 hours by the young American Alycia Parks (59 winning strokes against 9), Maria Sakkari, who ended up losing in three sets (7-5, 5-7, 5-7), visibly lacked lucidity during this fierce duel.
As proof, during the 11e game of the first set, the 7e world player appealed to video arbitration on a ball that was still very good (at least 30 centimeters inside the court).
A sequence and a match which confirms that the Greek player has been in trouble for several months after having exploded in the eyes of the general public last year by reaching the semi‐finals of Roland‐Garros and the US Open as well as the 3e world place at the start of the season.
Posted on Thursday, October 6, 2022 at 4:49 PM
