Sakkari

Martina Trevisan defeated Maria Sakkari in the longest match of the United Cup, while Lorenzo Musetti prevailed to give Italy a 2-0 lead over Greece in the ...

Fortune was with Trevisan in the decider when a dead net cord handed her the first break for 3-2. But Sakkari battled back in the second set after denying Trevisan a 3-0 lead with a booming return. No.6-ranked Sakkari scored the first break of the match, but her game was as inhibited as Trevisan's was free-flowing. For Musetti, his strokes were heavier than the 803rd-ranked Sakellaridis, and he showed more consistency. It was the third Top 10 win of Trevisan's career and the Roland Garros semifinalist's finest performance away from the terre battue. After Day 1, the U.S., like Italy, holds a commanding 2-0 lead.

Martina Trevisan needed over three hours to upset Maria Sakkari but she got it done by staying competitive and playing more stable tennis down the line 6-3 ...

Trevisan was up a break 2-0 early but then she dropped her level allowing Sakkari to take a 5-3 lead. The second set was a proper crazy one. It was a crazy match in every sense of the word because it had everything.

The World No. 27 plays one of the best matches of her career to upset Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-5 after 3h14mins.

Sakkari came up big for Greece during their Perth City Finals match against Croatia.

Also, Sakkari didn't hide her happiness with the fact that Greece made the semifinal at the inaugural United Cup. Of course, the more we develop as players, that’s also something that adds up and makes us play a lot better on the mixed doubles for sure," Sakkari explained. Sakkari and Tsitsipas came up big for Grece in the mixed doubles match as they beat Martic and Borna Gojo 7-6 (6) 6-4 to push their nation into the United Cup semifinal.