2021 could be the year for Maria Sakkari as Sofia Kenin bows out in Abu Dhabi
Maria Sakkari continued her brilliant start to the 2021 tennis season by beating Sofia Kenin in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
If there has been one common theme from the first few days of action in the UAE it has been the unpredictable nature and swing of matches.
And there was more evidence of that in Sakkari’s win as the Greek ninth seed eliminated Australian Open champion Kenin despite losing the opening set.
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The tournament’s top seed won that 6-2 and was level at 2-2 in the second set, before Sakkari reeled off ten straight games to win 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.