Top seed Maria Sakkari will take on Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko in the second round of the 2021 Ostrava Open on Thursday. Our betting expert has a betting tip for the match, as well as live streaming info and a free bet at bet365. Live stream Sakkari vs Ostapenko at bet365. Maria Sakkari vs Jelena Ostapenko Preview Maria Sakkari started off the 2021 season strongly. She reached the quarterfinals in Abu Dhabi Tennis Open before earning a semifinal appearance at the Grampians Trophy. She put together a series of stunning performances at Roland Garros to make her first-ever Grand Slam semi-final, where she lost to eventual champion Barbora Krejcikova. After falling to Elina Svitolina in the third round of the Olympics, the 26-year-old gave a spectacular display at the US...
Serena Williams booked a place in the quarter-finals of the US Open on Monday with a hard-fought, three-set win over 15th seed Maria Sakkari. Williams required 2hr 28min to defeat the 25-year-old Greek player 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 inside an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows. “I just was fighting. She was doing so well, she was being so aggressive and I knew that I needed to do the same thing,” said Williams. The match swung in different directions, with Williams saving three break points in game five of the first set before breaking Sakkari to power to a first-set win. Inset two, Sakkari took a 4-0 lead in the tie-break before Williams hauled it back to 6-6. And in the deciding set, Williams had to break Sakkari’s serve twice to come back from 2-0 down. Little separated the two p...