After a shocking appearance the Maria Sakkari advanced to the semifinals of the WTA Finals!
Won 2-1 sets (7-6, 6-7, 6-3) Arina Sampalenka (No. 2 in the world) in 2 hours and 47 minutes, in a match that was constantly with her back to the wall, but with her incredible stubbornness she always found solutions to become the first Greek woman to play in a semifinal of a WTA Finals!
The first set was the most difficult winner that Maria has won this year. In all her service games, with the exception of the sixth, Sampalenka had a break point but also a set point in her favor 5-4, but Maria managed each time to stay alive and finally get the set in the tie break with the sleeve of.
She did the same in the second set where she "erased" three set points of her opponent, to "bend" in the tie break and everything to be judged in the third set where she found herself losing 3-1, but took five consecutive games to get the historical qualification.