Washington Open: Sakkari reaches second round

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