Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Germany’s Tatjana Maria, at 34 the oldest player left in the Wimbledon women’s draw, knocked fifth seed Maria Sakkari out 6-3 7-5 on Friday to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career. Follow Wimbledon 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Maria will next face 12th-seeded Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion, for a quarter-final spot.
Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Fifth seed Maria Sakkari shocked by Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon
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“It feels amazing. I’m the first time in the last 16, so that’s already amazing. To win against Sakkari today, yeah, it’s pretty awesome,” she told reporters.
“I think I played a good match from the beginning to the end. Yeah, it makes me happy.”
Ranked 103rd, the mother of two returned from maternity leave just under a year ago and in the previous round rallied from 3-0 down in the deciding set to defeat Sorana Cirstea for a first win over a top-50 player in more than two years.
Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Fifth seed Maria Sakkari shocked by Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon
She had to fight back from 5-2 down in the second set against Sakkari on Friday to exact revenge for her hard-fought defeat in the opening round of this year’s Australian Open.
“The match against Sakkari at the Australian Open gave me some confidence because I saw that I was super close, and I had my chances also in Australia,” Maria said.
“It also gave me confidence. And I knew that I have my chances. If I play clever and good, I can win this match.”
Greek Sakkari, who reached the French and U.S. Open semi-finals last year, made 30 unforced errors and could only convert one of her seven break point opportunities.
Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Fifth seed Maria Sakkari shocked by Tatjana Maria at Wimbledon
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