Maria Sakkari gets hew season underway singles and doubles win at United Cup

Maria Sakkari started off her new year with a match at the United Cup for Greece and she proved too much Viktoriya Tomova to handle beating her 6-3 6-2.

Tsitsipas did his thing against Dimitrov yesterday and Sakkari did her thing today beating Tomova in straight sets. It was a good start for the Greek player who finished 2022 with some strong performances after struggling for a good part of the year. It's a crucial year for Sakkari who didn't blow up last year as many predicted so getting to a good start here could send her on the proper path.

It was a decent performance overall despite Sakkari struggling with her serve a little bit. She didn't hit it at a very good clip but dominated in rallies with an aggressive approach. She attacked Tomova early on the second serve doing a lot of damage that way and winning 17 of 23 points after the second serve of Tomova.

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She also used four of the eight break points she had so it was just a very solid performance overall. She also pulled double duty with Tsitsipas to win the doubles match as well.