Washington Open: Sakkari reaches second round
Maria Sakkari beat Katie Boulter 6-3, 6-4 on Monday night
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Greek wildcard Maria Sakkari reached the second round of the Washington Open by winning against Englishwoman Katie Boulter 6-3, 6-4 at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center on Monday night.
She will play against American Emma Navarro, seed No. 2.
The straight-sets win underlines Sakkari’s return to form, bouncing back after a challenging season, and keeps alive her strong track record in Washington – she was the finalist here in 2023.
Sakkari is world No. 90.
Washington WTA 500, other first-round results (William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center, hard, USD 1.282.951, most recent results first):
- Venus Williams vs. Peyton Stearns
- Naomi Osaka vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Emma Raducanu
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Sofia Kenin
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Kamilla Rakhimova
- McCartney Kessler vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Taylor Townsend vs. Tatjana Maria
- Magda Linette vs. Danielle Collins
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Magdalena Frech: monday
- Leylah Fernandez beat Maya Joint: 6-3, 6-3
- Victoria Mboko (WC) beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-2, 6-4
