No. 3 seed Maria Sakkari is out of the WTA 500 match in Linz after struggling a serious collapse and fifth-seeded Dayana Yastremska making the most of it to e book a 7-5 6-0 win and progress into the semifinal.
By the opening 4 video games of the match, the Greek was twice up by a break however twice misplaced it immediately.
With the 2 gamers tied to 4 video games apiece, the No. 3 seed had a giant likelihood to provide herself an opportunity to serve out for the primary set however then missed out on two consecutive break factors in that recreation earlier than in the end discovering herself 5-6 down.
Serving to remain within the first set, Sakkari misplaced her serve within the important second and dropped the opener.
From that second on, the previous world No. 3 completely collapsed and did not win a single recreation in the remainder of the match because the Ukrainian completed the match on an eight-game profitable run.
Dayana Yastremska© WTA Linz/Instagram – Truthful Use
It was the second assembly between the 2 and the head-to-head between them stands at 1-1.
Beforehand, Yastremska misplaced to the Greek in Miami final 12 months.
For a spot within the Linz ultimate, the fifth-seeded Ukrainian will battle towards the winner of the match between No. 8 seed Clara Tauson and Anna Blinkova.
Sakkari’s tough begin to 2025 continues
After going 0-2 on the United Cup, the present world No. 31 additionally misplaced within the Adelaide qualifying ultimate spherical.
Nonetheless, she nonetheless snuck into the Adelaide primary draw as a fortunate loser, the place she gained one match earlier than shedding to Jessica Pegula within the round-of-16.
The Australian Open did not carry something completely different to Sakkari, who fell quick to Camila Osorio within the first spherical.
This week, the Greek had a first-round bye in Linz earlier than beating Viktoriya Tomova on Wednesday.
However as soon as once more, Sakkari didn’t register back-to-back wins and now sits at a 3-6 file in early 2025.
