Greek star Maria Sakkari shocked the world no.3 Coco Gauff in a late-night thriller to attain the ladies’s singles finals of the Indian Wells Open 2024 on Saturday, March 16. Sakkari registered a 4-6, 7-6, 2-6 win against the US star and is set to face the top-seeded Iga Swiatek within the final on Sunday.
Swiatek, the previous champion on the BNP Paribas Open, registered one other simple 6-2, 6-1 win over Marta Kostyuk to attain the final as she seeks maiden title of the season. Swiatek famously defeated Sakkari within the 2022 final at Indian Wells.Â
Resurging Sakkari registered her fifth consecutive win within the match with a formidable efficiency against the Australian Open semifinalist at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Despite happening within the second set the Greek star made a powerful comeback to take the third set by 6-2 and earned her fourth WTA tour win over Gauff.Â
“I just kept believing, kept fighting,” Sakkari stated after beating Gauff. “I didn’t give up. You can easily lose your head when you lose that second set from being match points up. It’s obviously exciting. Just two years later I’m back in the final. This is the best place you can be. It’s gonna be very challenging for sure, she [Swiatek] is the best player in the world.”
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