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Maria Sakkari #22 def. Sofia Kenin #4

2-6 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2021*
Tournament	Abu Dhabi
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Maria Sakkari
Score	2-6 6-2 6-0
Loser	Sofia Kenin

Stat	Maria Sakkari	Sofia Kenin
Aces	9	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	57	74
First serve points won %	68	50
Second serve points won %	58	44
Break points saved %	50	54
Break points converted %	46	50
Service points won %	63	49
Return points won %	51	37
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Sakkari	Sofia Kenin
Country	GRE	USA
Birth date	Jul 25, 1995	Nov 14, 1998
Age	25	22
Height	172	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,405	5,760
Elo (entering)	1,918	1,973
Career W-L	258–205	172–150
Career earnings	$14,850,529	$12,503,627

Pre-match H2H

Maria Sakkari 0 – 2 Sofia Kenin

Path

Maria Sakkari's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Garbiñe Muguruza	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Coco Gauff	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Anastasia Potapova	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sakkari's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2021	SF	Aryna Sabalenka	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sofia Kenin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2021	R16	Yulia Putintseva	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2021	R32	Kirsten Flipkens	5-7 5-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2021	R64	Zhaoxuan Yang	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data