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Patna : World No 18 Maria Sakkari, 26, Greece, upset 4th seed Karolina Pliskova, 29, Czech Republic, in straight sets in quarter-final to reach women’s singles semi-finals of US Open at New York, USA, on September 9, 2021, early morning. Sakkari, the 17th seed, will face World No 150 Emma Raducanu, 18, UK, a qualifier, in semi-final on September 10, 2021, at 5.45 am.
Sakkari beat World No 4 Karolina, the 2021 Wimbledon finalist and 2016 US Open finalist, 6-4, 6-4 in quarter-final on Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York, winning 2 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. Sakkari, in all, won 66 points in the match to 47 by Karolina. The Czech fired 6 Aces during the match to 4 by Sakkari. Karolina committed 3 double faults to 1 by the Greek.