Logic prevailed in this duel, where despite more than 650 places difference, the Panther showed interesting things against a highly qualified rival. The Hellenes lead the confrontation while awaiting the duel of Nicolás Jarry against Stefanos Sakellaridis.
For the first time in his career, Daniela Seguel (671st) faced a top ten finish. The Greek Maria Sakkari (8th) presented herself in the style of the Chileans during the second day of the United Cup , the mixed nations tournament which brings together the 18 most prominent countries on the ATP and WTA circuits. And the huge difference between the two rankings was manifested during a duel in which The Panther did what he could to counter this power and ended up losing 6-0 and 6-1, in one hour and eight minutes.
The native of San Joaquín left a good feeling in her match against the Canadian Leylah Fernández, with good shots and important demonstrations of her character. However, against the Hellenic team things were very different. The difference in ball speed was a factor that allowed the European to take a clear advantage and hit numerous winning forehands. In any case, the national representative fought and did not give up so easily, despite the margins.
The first partial was defined quickly. Sakkari broke all three of Seguel’s serves in the first set, taking advantage of every break point he had. That’s why it was not strange that he closed the match to zero in just 25 minutes of play.
The epilogue
Despite these differences, The Chilean showed attitude and managed to win her first match at the start of the second round. while captain Jaime Fillol asked him to maintain the intensity that allowed him to land good blows and temporarily escape the domination of his rival.
In the bedroom Gameswhich lasted a very long time, the Greek managed to keep Seguel’s serve to begin to structure an insurmountable difference. Emotionally, this break weighed a lot as happened after a 40-0 in favor of Dani, who could not confirm it after making a few unforced errors.
A new break in the sixth sealed things. Sakkari closed out a victory with his serve that leaves his country with a 1-0 advantage in this series. In a few moments, Nicolás Jarry (19th) will seek to equalize the confrontation against Stefanos Sakellaridis (416th), who replaced Stefanos Tsitsipas (6th) at the last minute, and to bring definition to the mixed doubles.
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