Seventh seed Maria Sakkari beat Linda Fruhvirtova in the first round of the WTA 500 tournament in Singapore, 6-4, 6-1. The win sent Sakkari into the second round.
In the second set, the gap widened
The first set went to Sakkari, 6-4. After that, the match did not go to a deciding set: in the second, Sakkari took it 6-1 and closed out the encounter 2:0 on the overall score.
According to api.tennis, the match lasted 84 minutes. Sakkari hit 3 aces and made 0 double faults, while Fruhvirtova had just 1 ace and 6 double faults. On first serve, Sakkari won 29 of 38 points, while Fruhvirtova, by comparison, won 17 of 29.
There was also a clear difference on break points in Sakkari's favor: she converted 4 of 6, compared with 1 of 4 for Fruhvirtova. Sakkari also led in total points, 64 to 44.
In the head-to-head, Sakkari now has 2 wins to Fruhvirtova's 0. In their 2023 meeting, Sakkari also won in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.