Greek number one and world number three Maria Sakkari will be up against the 75th-ranked Xiyu Wang in the second round of the 2022 US Open on Wednesday, August 31. Get the live streaming options of this Maria Sakkari v Xiyu Wang match along with its preview, head to head, and tips here.
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Maria Sakkari v Xiyu Wang Head to Head
There has been no previous meeting between Sakkari and Wang before this.
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Sakkari Struggles Past Maria
Sakkari’s recent struggles on the tour have been well-chronicled and it was no different in her first round match against Tatiana Maria.
The Greek number one struggled through the first two sets of her three-set encounter in the first round before coming through 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in a match lasting nearly two hours.
It was Maria who took the early lead in the first set with a break of serve that took her to a 4-2 scoreline. It was only after that Sakkari came into her own as she broke back twice to clinch the set.
The momentum looked to have shifted drastically and that should have been enough for Sakkari to have pushed for a straight-set win. Instead she was broken early yet again and this time Maria carved out an equaliser.
Fortunately for the world number three, she re-discovered her rhythm in the final set and completed a facile victory in the final set.
With the matches expected to become tougher, Sakkari will hope to get better than the kind of performances that had seen her come into this tournament with a 1-4 win-loss record from her previous five matches.
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Wang Thwarts Parry in Opener
Wang was a 3/4 favourite as well, coming into her opener against Diane Parry but took an arduous route to winning the match and setting up this second round encounter with Sakkari.
The world number 75 overcame a first set deficit to win 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in two hours and 18 minutes, breaking her opponent five times while losing her own serve on three occasions.
A cagey first set saw only one break of serve which came in the 12th game and had Parry going 1-0 up before Wang came into her own in the second with an early break. While she was broken back, Wang retaliated with two more breaks of serve that got her parity in the encounter.
Parry drew first blood with the break in the decider but from there on it was all one-way traffic as Wang broke right back and went 4-1 up in double-quick time. She completed the victory soon after, following on from a semifinal appearance at the Washington Open and a quarterfinal in Granby.
Sakkari v Wang Prediction and Tip
Sakkari might be a favourite here but there are doubts over her form and at 3/1, Wang looks like a tempting bet. Could look at the Chinese woman win a set here.
Tip: Wang to win a set: 1/1 (Click Here to Bet with bet365)
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